Choanocotyle elegans

Choanocotyle elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Trematoda
Subclass:
Digenea
Order:
Plagiorchiida
Family:
Choanocotylidae
Genus:
Choanocotyle
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Choanocotyle elegans

Choanocotyle elegans is a species of flatworms in the family Choanocotylidae. It infects Australian freshwater turtles. It was described from the small intestine of Chelodina expansa and Emydura macquarii.[1]

  1. ^ a b Sue Jue, Lindsay (September 1998). "Description and life-cycle of two new species of Choanocotyle n. g. (Trematoda: Plagiorchiida), parasites of Australian freshwater turtles, and the erection of the family Choanocotylidae". Systematic Parasitology. 41 (1): 47–61. doi:10.1023/A:1006074125118. S2CID 26915071.