Litobothrium amsichensis

Taenia saginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes;
Class:	Cestoda;
Order:	Litobothriidea;
Family:	Litobothriidae;
Genus:	Litobothrium;
Species:	L. amsichensis;
Binomial name
	Litobothrium amsichensis; 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.^[1]

References

↑ Caira, J. N. (October 1993). "Two new tapeworms from the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni off Australia". Systematic Parasitology. Springer Netherlands. 26 (2): 81–90. doi:10.1007/BF. ISSN 1573-5192 00009215. Retrieved 2007-02-10. Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (help)