Confluaria japonica
Appearance
Confluaria japonica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Cestoda |
Order: | Cyclophyllidea |
Family: | Hymenolepididae |
Genus: | Confluaria |
Species: | C. japonica
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Binomial name | |
Confluaria japonica (Yamaguti, 1935)
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Confluaria japonica is an endoparasitic tapeworm in the family Hymenolepididae.[1] It infects the small intestine of the little grebe and numerous other bird species.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Confluaria japonica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ Vasileva, Gergana P.; Georgiev, Boyko B.; Genov, Todor (1999). "Palaearctic species of the genus Confluaria Ablasov (Cestoda, Hymenolepididae): redescriptions of C. multistriata (Rudolphi, 1810) and C. japonica (Yamaguti, 1935), and a description of Confluaria sp". Systematic Parasitology. 44 (2): 87–103. doi:10.1023/A:1006157504152. PMID 10619078. S2CID 28763222.