Ascocotyle angrense

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.[1] 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.[2]

Ascocotyle angrense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Rhabditophora
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Heterophyidae
Genus: Ascocotyle
Species:
A. angrense
Binomial name
Ascocotyle angrense
Travassos, 1916

References

  1. Núñez, 1993, p. 198
  2. Kinsella, 1988, table 1

Literature cited

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