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Zonorchis komareki

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Trematoda

Family
  
Dicrocoeliidae

Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Order
  
Plagiorchiida

Genus
  
Zonorchis

Zonorchis komareki is a fluke in the genus Zonorchis. It is known to infect the cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus), marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), and eastern harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis) in the eastern United States.

Literature cited

  • McKeever, S. 1971. Zonorchis komareki (McIntosh, 1939) (Trematoda: Dicrocoeliidae) from Reithrodontomys humulis (Audubon and Bachman). The Journal of Parasitology 57(4):865.

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