Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Opisthorchiata > Superfamily Opisthorchioidea > Family Heterophyidae > Genus Ascocotyle

Ascocotyle longa Ransom, 1920

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ascocotyle*	Looss, 1899	accepted genus name
*Parascocotyle*	Stunkard & Haviland, 1924	synonym
*Phagicola*	Faust, 1920	synonym

Species group names

*Phagicola longicollis*	Kuntz & Chandler, 1956	subjective synonym
*Phagicola longus*	(Ransom, 1920) Price, 1932	synonym

Literature

original description	Ransom, B. H. (1920). Synopsis of the Trematode family Heterophyidae with descriptions of a new genus and five new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 57: 527–573.
additional source	Ebert, M. B.; Fernández, M.; Valente, A. L. S.; Cremer, M. J.; De Castilho, P. V.; Da Silva, R. J. (2020). Ascocotyle longa (Digenea: Heterophyidae) infecting dolphins from the Atlantic Ocean. Parasitology Research.
additional source	Skinner, R.H. (1975). Parasites of the striped mullet, Mugil cephalus, from Biscayne Bay, Florida, with descriptions of a new genus and three new species of Trematodes. Bulletin of Marine Science 25(3):318-345, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-5. (vii-1975)
additional source	Gustinelli, A.; Caffara, M.; Scaravelli, D.; Fioravanti, M. L.; Scholz, T. (2021). The first new species of European Ascocotyle Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Heterophyidae) described in more than half a century. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 17: 327–334.