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Echinolepis

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Echinolepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Cyclophyllidea
Family: Hymenolepididae
Genus: Echinolepis
Spasskii & Spasskaya, 1954
Species:
E. carioca
Binomial name
Echinolepis carioca
(Magelhaes, 1898)
Synonyms

Davainea carioca Magelhaes, 1898

Echinolepis is a monotypic genus of flatworms belonging to the family Hymenolepididae. The only species is Echinolepis carioca.[1]

The species is found in Europe, Northern America.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Echinolepis Spasskii & Spasskaya, 1954 | Fauna Europaea". fauna-eu.org. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Echinolepis Spasskii & Spasskaya, 1954". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 June 2021.