Confluaria furcifera
Species of flatworm
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Confluaria furcifera is an endoparasitic tapeworm which infects grebes in the Holarctic. It is common in the horned grebe in Lake Mývatn, Iceland[1] and it has been reported from the great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus australis) in Lake Wānaka, New Zealand.[2]
| Confluaria furcifera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Order: | Cyclophyllidea |
| Family: | Hymenolepididae |
| Genus: | Confluaria |
| Species: | C. furcifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Confluaria furcifera (Krabbe, 1869) | |
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