Gynaecotyla adunca

Gynaecotyla adunca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Microphallidae
Genus:
Species:	G. adunca
Binomial name
	Gynaecotyla adunca; (Linton, 1905)

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 as its intermediate host.^[3]

References[]

^ Verberg and Hunter, 1961, p. 34
^ Kinsella, 1988, table 1
^ Kinsella, 1988, p. 277

Literature cited[]

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.

[VH34-1] Verberg and Hunter, 1961, p. 34

[Kt1-2] Kinsella, 1988, table 1

[K277-3] Kinsella, 1988, p. 277

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