Confluaria furcifera is an endoparasitic tapeworm which infects grebes in the Holarctic. It is common in the horned grebe in Lake Mývatn, Iceland[1] and it has been reported from the great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus australis) in Lake Wanaka, New Zealand.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Order: | Cyclophyllidea |
| Family: | Hymenolepididae |
| Genus: | Confluaria |
| Species: | C. furcifera
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| Confluaria furcifera (Krabbe, 1869)
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References edit
- ^ Vasileva, Gergana B-P.; Skirnisson, Karl; Georgiev, Boyko B. (2008). "Cestodes of the horned grebe Podiceps auritus (L.) (Aves: Podicipedidae) from Lake Myvatn, Iceland, with the description of Confluaria islandica n. sp. (Hymenolepididae)". Systematic Parasitology. 69 (1): 51–58. doi:10.1007/s11230-007-9110-x. PMID 18030602. S2CID 11626533.
- ^ Presswell, Bronwen; Bennett, Jerusha (2022). "Gastrointestinal helminth parasites of the threatened Australasian crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus australis, Gould 1844) in New Zealand, with descriptions of Baruscapillaria kamanae n. sp. (Nematoda: Trichuridae) and Cryptocotyle micromorpha n. sp. (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae)". Systematic Parasitology. 99 (2): 217–239. doi:10.1007/s11230-022-10022-y. PMC 8885541. PMID 35124752.
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