Reighardia sternae
Species of crustacean
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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]
| Reighardia sternae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Ichthyostraca |
| Order: | Reighardiida |
| Family: | Reighardiidae |
| Genus: | Reighardia |
| Species: | R. sternae |
| Binomial name | |
| Reighardia sternae (Diesing, 1864) | |
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