Camallanus lacustris

Camallanus lacustris is a species of freshwater parasitic roundworm in the family Camallanidae. Definitive hosts are fish and intermediate hosts are copepods.

Camallanus lacustris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Nematoda
Class:
Secernentea
Subclass:
Spiruria
Order:
Camallanida
Family:
Camallanidae
Genus:
Camallanus
Species:
C. lacustris
Binomial name
Camallanus lacustris
(Zoega, 1776)
Synonyms
  • Cucullanus elegans Zschokke, 1884
  • Cucullanus elegans Sramek, 1901
  • Cucullanus elegans Levander, 1926
  • Cucullanus elegans Ruszkowski, 1926
  • Camallanus elegans MacCallum, 1918[1]

References
  1. Notes on the genus Telorchis and other trematodes. GA MacCallum, 1918
  • Advances in Parasitology, Volume 20, R. Muller and J.R. Baker, 1982


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