Gynaecotyla adunca is a fluke that normally infects birds.[1] It has also been found in 15% of a sample of the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) from a salt marsh at Cedar Key, Florida.[2] It uses fiddler crabs such as Uca rapax as its intermediate host.[3]
| Gynaecotyla adunca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Microphallidae |
| Genus: | Gynaecotyla |
| Species: | G. adunca
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| Binomial name | |
| Gynaecotyla adunca (Linton, 1905)
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References
editLiterature cited
edit- Kinsella, J.M. 1988. Comparison of helminths of rice rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 55(2):275–280.
- Verberg, W.B. and Hunter, W.S. 1961. Studies on oxygen consumption in digenetic trematodes. V. The influence of temperature on three species of adult trematodes (subscription required). Experimental Parasitology 11(1):34–38.