Family LITOBOTHRIIDAE Dailey, 1969
Introduction
The family Litobothriidae is a very small family consisting of a single genus in which a typical tetraphyllidean scolex is absent, but is replaced by a single apical sucker (Euzet 1994). These unusual cestodes are parasitic in lamniiform sharks and the family is represented in Australia by a single species.
General References
Euzet, L. 1994. Order Lecanicephalidea Wardle & McLeod, 1952. pp. 195-204 in Khalil, L.F., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. (eds). Keys to the Cestode Parasites of Vertebrates. Wallingford, UK : Commonwealth Agriculture Bureaux International 751 pp.