Global InformationTriaenophorus nodulosus information
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| Head of Triaenophorus nodulosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Order: | Bothriocephalidea |
| Family: | Triaenophoridae |
| Genus: | Triaenophorus |
| Species: | T. nodulosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Triaenophorus nodulosus (Pallas, 1781) Rudolphi, 1793
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Taenia nodulosa Pallas, 1781 | |
Triaenophorus nodulosus, the pike tapeworm, is a species of parasitic cestode (tapeworm) in the family Triaenophoridae.[1] It is known to infect the northern pike, as well as other piscivorous fish, being found in the intestine of its host.[2] It has been found in North America, Europe and England.
- ^ Triaenophorus nodulosus (Pallas, 1781) Rudolphi, 1793. gbif.org. Accessed 2023-06-17.
- ^ Chubb, J. C. (1963). Seasonal occurrence and maturation of Triaenophorus nodulosus (Pallas, 1781) (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) in the Pike Esox lucius L. of Llyn Tegid. Parasitology, 53(3-4), 419–433. doi:10.1017/S003118200007387X