Echinochasmus schwartzi
Echinochasmus schwartzi is a fluke that infects dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus), and marsh rice rats (Oryzomys palustris).[1] It uses Fundulus fish as its intermediate host.[2] Adults are similar to Echinochasmus microcaudatus, but differ in features of the oral sucker.[3]
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Echinochasmus schwartzi Price, 1931 | |
References
- Ditrich et al., 1996, p. 234; Kinsella, 1988, table 1
- Kinsella, 1988, p. 277
- Ditrich et al., 1996, p. 234
Literature cited
- Ditrich, O., Scholz, T. and Vargas-Vázquez, J. 1996. Life-cycle of Echinochasmus macrocaudatus n. sp. (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) (subscription required). Systematic Parasitology 33(3):225–235.
- 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.
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