Diandrya composita

Diandrya composita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Cyclophyllidea
Family: Anoplocephalidae
Genus: Diandrya
Species: D. composita
Binomial name
Diandrya composita
Darrah, 1930

Diandrya composita is a species of cestode parasite that is known from marmots (Marmota spp.) in North America. Described along with the genus Diandrya by J. G. Darrah in 1930, is known from all North American marmots except the woodchuck (M. monax).[1][2]

References

  1. Nagorsen, D. W. (27 February 1987). "Marmota vancouverensis" (PDF). Mammalian Species. American Society of Mammalogists. 270: 1–5. doi:10.2307/3503862.
  2. Rausch, R. L. (1980). "Redescription of Diandrya composita Darrah, 1930 (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from Nearctic Marmots (Rodentia: Sciuridae) and the Relationships of the Genus Diandrya emend." (PDF). Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 47 (2): 157–164. ISSN 0018-0130.
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