Microphallus nicolli
| Microphallus nicolli | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes | 
| Class: | Trematoda | 
| Order: | Plagiorchiida | 
| Family: | Microphallidae | 
| Genus: | Microphallus | 
| Species: | M. nicolli   | 
| Binomial name | |
| Microphallus nicolli (Cable and Hunninen, 1938)   | |
Microphallus nicolli is a species of digenean parasite in the genus Microphallus. Recorded hosts include the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in a saltmarsh at Cedar Key, Florida, where the crab Eurytium limosum is an intermediate host,[1] and the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) in central California.[2] It was previously known as Spelotrema nicolli.[3]
References
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):275โ280.
 - Mayer, K.A., Dailey, M.D. and Miller, M.A. 2003. Helminth parasites of the southern sea otter Enhydra lutris nereis in central California: abundance, distribution and pathology. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 53:77โ88.
 
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