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