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Notocotylus fosteri

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of three of four studied marsh rice rats, with two to twenty worms present per infected rat. Another study of the parasites of Cedar Key marsh rice rats in 1970–1972 did not find
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in a 2005 paper by John Kinsella and Vasyl Tkach. The species was named after Garry W. Foster, "friend and colleague" of the authors.
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The worm is 2705 to 3125 Ξm long and 955 to 1095 Ξm wide. It is distinctive in having the
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resulting from the similar habits of the respective hosts of these species.
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that infected rice rats originated from birds. As in other
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like the marsh rice rat. The similarity may be caused by
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Notocotylidae
Notocotylus
Binomial name
parasitic
fluke
marsh rice rat
Florida
saltwater marsh
Waccasassa Bay
Cedar Key
Levy County
Notocotylus
caecum
Catatropis johnstoni
intermediate hosts
genital pore
oral sucker
papillae
N. johnstoni
rakali
semiaquatic
convergent evolution

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