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Acanthotrema cursitans

Synonyms: Cercaria cursitans; Stictodora cursitans

Wikipedia Abstract

Acanthotrema cursitans is a species of fluke in the genus Acanthotrema. It infects the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), raccoon (Procyon lotor), Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), the snail Cerithidea scalariformis, and killifishes of the genus Fundulus on the Gulf Coast of Florida. It was first described as Cercaria cursitans in 1961, moved to Stictodora in 1974, and moved to Acanthotrema in 2003.
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Parasite of 
Didelphis virginiana (Virginia Opossum)[1]
Oryzomys palustris (marsh rice rat)[1]
Tringa semipalmata (Willet)[1]

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0