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| Suborder: | Diplostomata
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| Superfamily: | Diplostomoidea
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| Family: | Brauninidae Wolf, 19031
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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
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
References
- 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.