Ixodes uriae
Species of tick / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ixodes uriae, also known as the seabird tick, is a species of parasitic tick known to infest marine birds.[1][2] It is native to many high latitude areas in the northern and southern hemispheres including Alaska, Canada, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, England, Scotland, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula, Russia, Patagonia, South Africa and Australia.[3]
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Ixodes uriae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Ixodida |
Family: | Ixodidae |
Genus: | Ixodes |
Species: | I. uriae |
Binomial name | |
Ixodes uriae White, 1852 | |
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