Diandrya composita

Diandrya composita is a species of cestode parasites 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]

Diandrya composita
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D. composita
Binomial name
Diandrya composita
Darrah, 1930

References

  1. Nagorsen, D. W. (27 February 1987). "Marmota vancouverensis" (PDF). Mammalian Species. American Society of Mammalogists. 270 (270): 1–5. doi:10.2307/3503862. JSTOR 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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