Choanocotyle elegans

Choanocotyle elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Choanocotylidae
Genus:	Choanocotyle
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
	Choanocotyle elegans; Jue Sue, 1998

Last updated September 09, 2025

Choanocotyle elegans is a species of flatworms in the family Choanocotylidae. It infects Australian freshwater turtles. It was described from the small intestine of Chelodina expansa and Emydura macquarii .^[1]

References

1 2 Sue Jue, Lindsay (September 1998). "Description and life-cycle of two new species of Choanocotyle n. g. (Trematoda: Plagiorchiida), parasites of Australian freshwater turtles, and the erection of the family Choanocotylidae". Systematic Parasitology. 41 (1): 47–61. doi:10.1023/A:1006074125118. S2CID 26915071.

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[JueSue-1] 1 2 Sue Jue, Lindsay (September 1998). "Description and life-cycle of two new species of Choanocotyle n. g. (Trematoda: Plagiorchiida), parasites of Australian freshwater turtles, and the erection of the family Choanocotylidae". Systematic Parasitology. 41 (1): 47–61. doi:10.1023/A:1006074125118. S2CID 26915071.

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