Tatria azerbaijanica
| Tatria azerbaijanica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Order: | Cyclophyllidea |
| Family: | Amabiliidae |
| Genus: | Tatria |
| Species: | T. azerbaijanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Tatria azerbaijanica Matevosyan & Sailov 1963 | |
Tatria azerbaijanica is a species of tapeworm in the family Amabiliidae.[1] It was discovered in Azerbaijan from where it gets its name. It infects the great crested grebe and the little grebe.[2]
It resembles Tatria acanthorhyncha, Tatria decacantha and Tatria skrjabini but differs from the in a number of characteristics, including having only 8 rows of spines beneath the rostellar hooks, in the shape and length of its hooks, and it has a spined cirrus and unarmed sucker.[2]
References
- ^ "Tatria azerbaijanica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ a b Matevosyan, M.E.; Sailov, D.I. (1963). "Tatria azerbaijanica n.sp. from grebes of the Kyzyl-Agachsk State Reserve". Trudy Mes. Inst. Gel'mint. 10: 8–11.