Biology:Reighardia sternae
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Short description: Species of crustacean
| Reighardia sternae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ichthyostraca |
| Order: | Reighardiida |
| Family: | Reighardiidae |
| Genus: | Reighardia |
| Species: | R. sternae
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| Binomial name | |
| Reighardia sternae (Diesing, 1864)
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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]
References
- ↑ Gary Poore (2013). "Reighardia sternae (Diesing, 1864)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128544.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q6554401 entry
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