Microphallus nicolli
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| Microphallus nicolli | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Microphallidae |
| Genus: | Microphallus |
| Species: | M. nicolli |
| Binomial name | |
| Microphallus nicolli (Cable and Hunninen, 1938) | |
Microphallus nicolli is a species of digenean parasite in the genus Microphallus. Recorded hosts include the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in a saltmarsh at Cedar Key, Florida, where the crab Eurytium limosum is an intermediate host,[1] and the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) in central California.[2] It was previously known as Spelotrema nicolli.[3]