Diandrya composita
| Diandrya composita | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Order: | Cyclophyllidea |
| Family: | Anoplocephalidae |
| Genus: | Diandrya |
| Species: | D. composita
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| Binomial name | |
| Diandrya composita Darrah, 1930
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Diandrya composita is a species of cestode parasites that is known from marmots (Marmota spp.) in North America. Described along with the genus Diandrya by J. G. Darrah in 1930, is known from all North American marmots except the woodchuck (M. monax).[1][2] This particular parasite have known to possess a combination of various organs – the interproglottidal and the pedunculated glands which were thought to be a part of the Anoplocephalidae family.[2]
References
- ^ Nagorsen, D. W. (27 February 1987). "Marmota vancouverensis" (PDF). Mammalian Species (270). American Society of Mammalogists: 1–5. doi:10.2307/3503862. JSTOR 3503862.
- ^ a b Rausch, R. L. (1980). "Redescription of Diandrya composita Darrah, 1930 (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from Nearctic Marmots (Rodentia: Sciuridae) and the Relationships of the Genus Diandrya emend" (PDF). Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 47 (2): 157–164. ISSN 0018-0130.