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Tatria minor

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Tatria minor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Cyclophyllidea
Family: Amabiliidae
Genus: Tatria
Species:
T. minor
Binomial name
Tatria minor
Kowalewski, 1904

Tatria minor is an endoparasitic tapeworm which infects grebes in the Palaearctic. It is common in the horned grebe in Lake Mývatn, Iceland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Vasileva, Gergana B-P.; Skirnisson, Karl; Georgiev, Boyko B. (2008). "Cestodes of the horned grebe Podiceps auritus (L.) (Aves: Podicipedidae) from Lake Myvatn, Iceland, with the description of Confluaria islandica n. sp. (Hymenolepididae)". Systematic Parasitology. 69: 51–58. doi:10.1007/s11230-007-9110-x. PMID 18030602. S2CID 11626533.