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

AscocotyleLooss, 1899accepted 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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Ascocotyle longa Ransom, 1920. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746422

Dr. David Gibson. Ascocotyle longa Ransom, 1920. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/78947e48-8eab-4329-996c-1bb4a0f116b0

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2014-01-09 by Dr. David Gibson & by David Gibson

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