Gynaecotyla adunca is a fluke that normally infects birds.Verberg and Hunter, 1961, p. 34 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.Kinsella, 1988, table 1 It uses fiddler crabs such as Uca rapax as its intermediate host.Kinsella, 1988, p. 277
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