Reighardia_sternae

<i>Reighardia sternae</i>

Reighardia sternae

Species of crustacean

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Gary Poore (2013). "Reighardia sternae (Diesing, 1864)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. [2]
    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. S2CID 30377029.


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