Bucephalus elegans is a species of Trematoda. It is parasitic in the clam species Eurynia iris, which is found in the Huron River, near Ann Arbor, Michigan.
| Bucephalus elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Bucephalidae |
| Genus: | Bucephalus |
| Species: | B. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Bucephalus elegans | |
References
edit- ^ A Study of the Gasterostome Cercariae of the Huron River. Arthur E. Woodhead, Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Oct., 1936), pages. 465-476, doi:10.2307/3222530
- ^ Woodhead, A. E. (1930). Life history studies on the trematode family Bucephalidae. No. II. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 49(1), 1–17.
- Response to Light in the Cercariae of Bucephalus elegans. Gerrit Bevelander, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Volume 6, Number 3, July 1933