Bucephalus elegans

Bucephalus elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Rhabditophora
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Bucephalidae
Genus:	Bucephalus
Species:	B. elegans
Binomial name
	Bucephalus elegans; Woodhead, 1930[1][2]

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 Harbor, Michigan.

References

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

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[1] 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

[2] Woodhead, A. E. (1930). Life history studies on the trematode family Bucephalidae. No. II. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 49(1), 1–17.