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Ascocotyle angrense

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Trematoda

Family
  
Heterophyidae

Scientific name
  
Ascocotyle angrense

Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Order
  
Opisthorchiida

Genus
  
Ascocotyle

Rank
  
Species

Ascocotyle angrense is a fluke in the genus Ascocotyle that mainly infects birds. It has previously been confused with A. diminuta, which infects fish-eating birds and raccoons. It has also been recorded from the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in a saltwater marsh at Cedar Key, Florida, where it occurred in 25% of animals.

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.
  • Núñez, M.O. de. 1993. Life-history studies of heterophyid trematodes in the Neotropical Region: Ascocotyle (Phagicola) diminuta (Stunkard & Haviland, 1924) and A. (P.) angrense Travassos, 1916 (subscription required). Systematic Parasitology 24:191–199.

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