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Confluaria furcifera

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Species of flatworm

Confluaria furcifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Cyclophyllidea
Family: Hymenolepididae
Genus: Confluaria
Species: C. furcifera
Binomial name
Confluaria furcifera
(Krabbe, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Dubininolepis furcifera (Krabbe, 1869)
  • Taenia furcifera Krabbe, 1869

Confluaria furcifera is an endoparasitic tapeworm which infects grebes in the Holarctic. It is common in the horned grebe in Lake Mývatn, Iceland and it has been reported from the great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus australis) in Lake Wānaka, New Zealand.

References

  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 (1): 51–58. doi:10.1007/s11230-007-9110-x. PMID 18030602. S2CID 11626533.
  2. Presswell, Bronwen; Bennett, Jerusha (2022). "Gastrointestinal helminth parasites of the threatened Australasian crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus australis, Gould 1844) in New Zealand, with descriptions of Baruscapillaria kamanae n. sp. (Nematoda: Trichuridae) and Cryptocotyle micromorpha n. sp. (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae)". Systematic Parasitology. 99 (2): 217–239. doi:10.1007/s11230-022-10022-y. PMC 8885541. PMID 35124752.
Taxon identifiers
Confluaria furcifera


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