Confluaria japonica

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Confluaria japonica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Cyclophyllidea
Family: Hymenolepididae
Genus: Confluaria
Species:
C. japonica
Binomial name
Confluaria japonica
(Yamaguti, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Hymenolepis japonicaYamaguti, 1935

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]

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References

  1. "Confluaria japonica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  2. 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: 87–103. doi:10.1023/A:1006157504152.