| Schistocephalus solidus | |
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| Schistocephalus solidus with its host, the three-spined stickleback | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Order: | Diphyllobothriidea |
| Family: | Diphyllobothriidae |
| Genus: | Schistocephalus |
| Species: | S. solidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Schistocephalus solidus (Müller, 1776) Steenstrup, 1857
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Schistocephalus solidus is a tapeworm of fish, fish-eating birds and rodents. This hermaphroditic parasite belongs to the Eucestoda subclass, of class Cestoda. This species has been used to demonstrate that cross-fertilization produces a higher infective success rate than self-fertilization.[2][3]
- ^ "Schistocephalus solidus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- ^ Christen M; Kurtz J; Milinski M (2002). "Outcrossing increases infection success and competitive ability: experimental evidence from a hermaphrodite parasite". Evolution. 56 (11): 2243–51. doi:10.1554/0014-3820(2002)056[2243:oiisac]2.0.co;2. PMID 12487354. S2CID 20906916.
- ^ Schjørring, Solveig (2004). "Delayed selfing in relation to the availability of a mating partner in the cestode Schistocephalus solidus". Evolution. 58 (11): 2591–2596. doi:10.1554/04-270. PMID 15612301. S2CID 198155264.