Tatria azerbaijanica

Tatria azerbaijanica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Cestoda
Order:	Cyclophyllidea
Family:	Amabiliidae
Genus:	Tatria
Species:	T. azerbaijanica
Binomial name
	Tatria azerbaijanica; Matevosyan & Sailov 1963

Tatria azerbaijanica is a species of tapeworm in the family Amabiliidae.^[1] It was discovered in Azerbaijan from where it gets its name. It infects the great crested grebe and the little grebe.^[2]

It resembles Tatria acanthorhyncha, Tatria decacantha and Tatria skrjabini but differs from the in a number of characteristics, including having only 8 rows of spines beneath the rostellar hooks, in the shape and length of its hooks, and it has a spined cirrus and unarmed sucker.^[2]

References

^ "Tatria azerbaijanica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b Matevosyan, M.E.; Sailov, D.I. (1963). "Tatria azerbaijanica n.sp. from grebes of the Kyzyl-Agachsk State Reserve". Trudy Mes. Inst. Gel'mint. 10: 8–11.

[GBIF-1] "Tatria azerbaijanica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

[Matevosyan_&_Sailov_1963-2] Matevosyan, M.E.; Sailov, D.I. (1963). "Tatria azerbaijanica n.sp. from grebes of the Kyzyl-Agachsk State Reserve". Trudy Mes. Inst. Gel'mint. 10: 8–11.

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