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Odhneria odhneri

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Trematoda

Family
  
Microphallidae

Scientific name
  
Odhneria odhneri

Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Order
  
Plagiorchiida

Genus
  
Odhneria

Rank
  
Species

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Odhneria odhneri is a digenean parasite in the genus Odhneria of family Microphallidae. It infects several species of shorebirds, including the willet (Tringa semipalmata), as well as the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris).

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.
  • Sinclair, N.R. 1971. A reviewal of Odhneria odhneri Travassos, 1921 (Trematoda: Microphallidae) (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 57(5):980–982.

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