Urotrema scabridum
| Urotrema scabridum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis[1] |
| Family: | Urotrematidae |
| Genus: | Urotrema |
| Species: | U. scabridum |
| Binomial name | |
| Urotrema scabridum (Braun, 1900) | |
Urotrema scabridum is a fluke in the genus Urotrema of family Urotrematidae. Recorded hosts include:
- Marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris)—salt marsh, Cedar Key, Florida[2]
- Gray bat (Myotis grisescens)—Crawford, Kansas[3]
- Anolis biporcatus—Panama[4]
- Anolis olssoni—Hispaniola[5]
among others.
See also
References
Literature cited
- Bray, R.A., Gibson, D.I. and Zhang, J. 1999. Urotrematidae Poche, 1926 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) in Chinese freshwater fishes. Systematic Parasitology 44:193–200.
- Bursey, C.R., Goldberg, S.R. and Telford, S.R., Jr. 2003. Strongyluris panamaensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Heterakidae) and other helminths from the lizard, Anolis biporcatus (Sauria: Polychrotidae), from Panama. Journal of Parasitology 89(1):118–123.
- Goldberg, S.R., Bursey, C.R. and Cheam, H. 1998. Helminths of six species of Anolis lizards (Polychrotidae) from Hispaniola, West Indies. The Journal of Parasitology 84(6):1291–1295.
- 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.
- Nickel, P.A. and Hansen, M.F. 1967. Helminths of bats collected in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. American Midland Naturalist 78(2):481–486.
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