Fibricola lucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Trematoda
Order:
Holostomidae
Family:
Diplostomidae
Genus:
Fibricola
Species:
F. lucida
Binomial name
Fibricola lucida
(LaRue and Bosma, 1927)

Fibricola lucida is a fluke that infects Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana), American minks (Neogale vison), and marsh rice rats (Oryzomys palustris) in North America.[1] In a study in Florida, F. lucida was the only fluke of the marsh rice rat (among 21 species recorded) that occurred in both the freshwater marsh at Paynes Prairie and the saltwater marsh at Cedar Key.[2] At the former locality, it infected 11% of rice rats and the number of worms per infected rat ranged from 1 to 65, averaging 17. At Cedar Key, 67% of rice rats were infected and the number of worms per infected rat ranged from 1 to 1975, averaging 143.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kontrimavichus, 1985, p. 80; Kinsella, 1988, table 1
  2. ↑ Kinsella, 1988, p. 277
  3. ↑ Kinsella, 1988, table 1

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):275–280.
  • Kontrimavichus, V.L. 1985. Helminths of mustelids and trends in their evolution. Amerind Publishing Company, 607 pp.
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