Litobothrium amsichensis

Taxobox
name = "Taenia saginata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Platyhelminthes
classis = Cestoda
ordo = Litobothriidea
familia = Litobothriidae
genus = "Litobothrium"
species = "L. amsichensis"
binomial = "Litobothrium amsichensis"
binomial_authority = Caira & Runkle, 1993

"Litobothrium amsichensis" is a tapeworm from the family Litobothridae.

This species was first described (along with "Marsupiobothrium gobelinus") from a specimen collected from the spiral valve digestive organ of a goblin shark ("Mitsukurina owstoni") caught in New South Wales in Australia.cite journal | last =Caira | first =J. N. | authorlink = | coauthors =L. S. Runkle | title =Two new tapeworms from the goblin shark "Mitsukurina owstoni" off Australia | journal =Systematic Parasitology | volume =26 | issue =2 | pages =81–90 | publisher =Springer Netherlands | date =October 1993 | url =http://www.springerlink.com/content/41t78082u2751617/ | doi =10.1007/BF | id =ISSN 1573-5192 00009215 | accessdate = 2007-02-10 ]

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