Reighardia sternae

Reighardia sternae, also known as the larid pentastome,[1] is a small internal parasitic crustacean. It is the only Pentastomida species to use gulls and terns as hosts, living in the body cavity and air sacs.[2]

Reighardia sternae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ichthyostraca
Order: Reighardiida
Family: Reighardiidae
Genus: Reighardia
Species:
R. sternae
Binomial name
Reighardia sternae
(Diesing, 1864)

References

  1. Gary Poore (2013). "Reighardia sternae (Diesing, 1864)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. Riley, J. (1973). "A redescription of Reighardia sternae Diesing 1864 (Pentastomida: Cephalobaenida) with some observations on the glandular systems of pentastomids". Zeitschrift für Morphologie der Tiere. 76 (3): 243–259. doi:10.1007/BF00298624.


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