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Probolocoryphe glandulosa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Trematoda

Family
  
Microphallidae

Scientific name
  
Probolocoryphe glandulosa

Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Order
  
Plagiorchiida

Genus
  
Probolocoryphe

Rank
  
Species

Probolocoryphe glandulosa is a digenean parasite in the genus Probolocoryphe of family Microphallidae. Recorded hosts include the clapper rail (Rallus crepitans), ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres), raccoon (Procyon lotor), little blue heron (Ardea caerulea), Wilson's plover (Charadrius wilsonia), black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola), and marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris).

Literature cited

  • Heard, R.W., III and Sikora, W.B. 1969. Probolocoryphe Otagaki, 1958 (Trematoda: Microphallidae), a senior synonym of Mecynophallus Cable, Connor, and Balling, 1960, with notes on the genus (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 55(3):674–675.
  • 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.

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