Confluaria is a genus of flatworms belonging to the family Hymenolepididae. It contains six species,[1][2] with the seventh species added in 2008.[3]

Confluaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Cyclophyllidea
Family: Hymenolepididae
Genus: Confluaria
Ablasov, 1953
Synonyms

Dimorphocanthus Maksimova, 1989

References edit

  1. ^ "Confluaria Ablasov, 1953". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ Gergana P. Vasileva; Boyko B. Georgiev; Todor Genov (2000). "Palaearctic species of the genus Confluaria Ablasov (Cestoda, Hymenolepididae): redescriptions of C. podicipina (Szymanski, 1905) and C. furcifera (Krabbe, 1869), description of C. pseudofurcifera n. sp., a key and final comments". Systematic Parasitology. 45 (2): 109–131. doi:10.1023/A:1006237509781. PMID 10743855. S2CID 2253944.
  3. ^ a b 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.