Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Opisthorchiata > Superfamily Opisthorchioidea > Family Heterophyidae

Ascocotyle Looss, 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parascocotyle*	Stunkard & Haviland, 1924	generic synonym
*Phagicola*	Faust, 1920	generic synonym
*Parascocotyle*	Stunkard & Haviland, 1924	synonym
*Phagicola*	Faust, 1920	synonym

Children

Ascocotyle branchialis Timon-David, 1961
Ascocotyle coleostoma (Looss, 1896)
Ascocotyle italica Alessandrini, 1906
Ascocotyle longa Ransom, 1920
Ascocotyle minutus Looss, 1899
Ascocotyle septentrionalis (Van den Broek, 1967)
Ascocotyle sinoecum (Ciurea, 1933)

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 136-142
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus

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Citation

Gibson, D. (2014). Ascocotyle Looss, 1899. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108604

Dr David Gibson. Ascocotyle Looss, 1899. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=390261