Brauninidae
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| Suborder: | Diplostomata
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| Superfamily: | Diplostomoidea
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| Family: | Brauninidae Wolf, 1903[1]
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| Genus: | Braunina Heider, 1900
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| Species: | B. cordiformis
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| Braunina cordiformis Wolf, 1903
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Brauninidae is a monotypic family of trematodes in the order Diplostomida. It consists of one genus, Braunina Heider, 1900,[2] which consists of one species, Braunina cordiformis Wolf, 1903.[1]
Hosts[edit]
Braunina cordiformis has been observed to infect certain species of porpoise such as the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus),[3] the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis),[4], and the Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides).[5] Braunina attaches to the membrane wall of its host's stomach and damages the wall's tissue, which can cause chronic gastritis in the host.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Wolf, K. (1903). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Braunina Heider. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 112, 603–626.
- ^ Heider, K. (1900). Über Braunina, ein neues Genus aus der Gruppe der Hemistomidae. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Leipzig, 19–22.
- ^ Schryver, H.F., Medway, W., Williams, J.F. The stomach fluke Braunina cordiformis in the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1967;151(7):884-886.
- ^ Braunina cordiformis Wolf, 1903. gbif.org. Accessed 2023-06-08.
- ^ Lombardini, Eric; Haetrakul, Thanida; Kuit, Sui; Chansue, Nantarika (2019). "Gastric Braunina cordiformis and a review of helminth parasitism in the finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)". Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology. 12 (1): 24–26. doi:10.24070/bjvp.1983-0246.v12i1p24-26 – via Porpoise.org.
- ^ V-H, Adrienne (October 2021). "Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month- October 2021 Answer". National Marine Life Center.
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