Litobothrium amsichensis is a species of tapeworms from the family Litobothriidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Order: | Litobothriidea |
| Family: | Litobothriidae |
| Genus: | Litobothrium |
| Species: | L. amsichensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Litobothrium amsichensis Caira & Runkle, 1993
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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.[1]
References
edit- ^ Caira, J. N.; L. S. Runkle (October 1993). "Two new tapeworms from the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni off Australia". Systematic Parasitology. 26 (2): 81–90. doi:10.1007/BF00009215. ISSN 1573-5192. S2CID 44048407.
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