A SEM study of the reindeer sinus worm (Linguatula arctica)

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Nikander, Sven, Saari, Seppo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2009
• Subjects: arthropod; crustacea; Linguatula arctica; morphology; Pentastomida; reindeer; SEM; sinus worm; tongue worm; Hanen; Lappland; Sida; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus; Lapland
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/197; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.26.1.197

Pentastomids are a group of peculiar parasitic arthropods, often referred to as tongue worms due to the resemblance of some species to a tongue. Linguatula arctica is the sinus worm of the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), being the only pentastomid to have a direct life cycle and an ungulate as a defin...