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Gynaecotyla adunca

Gynaecotyla adunca is a fluke that normally infects birds. It has also been found in 15% of a sample of the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) from a salt marsh at Cedar Key, Florida. It uses fiddler crabs such as Uca rapax as its intermediate host.

[ "Intertidal zone", "Trematoda", "Ilyanassa obsoleta", "Parasitism" ]
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