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Davainea proglottina (Davaine, 1860)

Platelminto, Flatworm

endoparasite

Intestinal parasite of birds, found in chickens.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Platyhelminthes

Class
Cestoda

Order
Cyclophyllidea

Family
Davaineidae

Genus
Davainea

Species
proglottina

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2005

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz and San Cristóbal Islands

References

Gottdenker, N.L. Walsh, T., Vargas, H., Merkel, J., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., J., Miller, R.E., Dailey, M. & Parker, P. (2005) Assessing the risks of introduced chickens and their pathogens to native birds in the Galápagos Archipelago. Biological Conservation 126: 429–439.

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