Reighardia sternae

Reighardia sternae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Maxillopoda
Order:	Cephalobaenida
Family:	Reighardiidae
Genus:	Reighardia
Species:	R. sternae
Binomial name
	Reighardia sternae; (Diesing, 1864)

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]

References

Gary Poore (2013). "Reighardia sternae (Diesing, 1864)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
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.

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

[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.