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Ascocotyle Looss, 1899

AphiaID

108604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108604)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Distoma coleostomum Looss, 1896 accepted as Anoiktostoma coleostomum (Looss, 1896) Stossich, 1899 accepted as Ascocotyle coleostoma (Looss, 1896) Looss, 1899 (type by original designation)

Parent

Heterophyidae Leiper, 1909

Synonymised names

Ascocotyle (Leighia) Sogandares-Bernal & Lumsden, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ascocotyle (Phagicola) Faust, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Metascocotyle Ciurea, 1933 · unaccepted (Synonym )

Parascocotyle Stunkard & Haviland, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Phagicola Faust, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pseudascocotyle Sogandares-Bernal & Bridgman, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Ascocotyle ampullacea Miller & Harkema, 1962
Species Ascocotyle angeloi Travassos, 1929
Species Ascocotyle angrensis Travassos, 1916
Species Ascocotyle ascolonga (Witenberg, 1929) Travassos, 1930
Species Ascocotyle branchialis Timon-David, 1961
Species Ascocotyle bulbosa (Ukoli, 1968) Gustinelli, Caffara, Scaravelli, Fioravanti & Scholz, 2021
Species Ascocotyle cameliae Hernández-Orts, Georgieva, Landete & Scholz, 2019
Species Ascocotyle chandleri Lumsden, 1963
Species Ascocotyle coleostoma (Looss, 1896) Looss, 1899
Species Ascocotyle diminuta Stunkard & Haviland, 1924
Species Ascocotyle felippei Travassos, 1929
Species Ascocotyle gemina Font, Heard & Overstreet, 1984
Species Ascocotyle hadra Ostrowski de Núñez, 1992
Species Ascocotyle howei Lumsden & Armitage, 1999
Species Ascocotyle inglei (Hutton & Sogandares-Bernal, 1958) Scholz, 1999
Species Ascocotyle intermedia Srivastava, 1935
Species Ascocotyle italica Alessandrini, 1906
Species Ascocotyle leighi Burton, 1956
Species Ascocotyle longa Ransom, 1920
Species Ascocotyle longicollis (Kuntz & Chandler, 1956) Scholz, 1999
Species Ascocotyle macrostoma (Robinson, 1956) Sogandares-Bernal & Lumsden, 1963
Species Ascocotyle mcintoshi Price, 1936
Species Ascocotyle megalocephala Price, 1932
Species Ascocotyle micracantha (Coil & Kuntz, 1960) Gustinelli, Caffara, Scaravelli, Fioravanti & Scholz, 2022
Species Ascocotyle minuta Looss, 1899
Species Ascocotyle mollienisicola (Sogandares-Bernal & Bridgman, 1960) Aguirre-Macedo, Scholz, Gonzalez-Solis, Vidal-Martinez, Posel, Arjona-Torres, Siu-Estrada & Dumailo, 2001
Species Ascocotyle nana Ransom, 1920
Species Ascocotyle nunezae Scholz, Vargas-Vázquez, Vidal-Martínez & Aguirre-Macedo, 1997
Species Ascocotyle pachycystis Schroeder & Leigh, 1965
Species Ascocotyle paratenuicollis Nasir, Lemus de Guevara & Díaz, 1970
Species Ascocotyle patagoniensis Hernández-Orts, Montero, Crespo, García, Raga & Aznar, 2012
Species Ascocotyle pindoramensis Travassos, 1928
Species Ascocotyle piriforme (Blanc & Hedin, 1913) López-Neyra, 1924
Species Ascocotyle pithecophagicola (Faust, 1920) Faust & Nishigori, 1926
Species Ascocotyle secunda Ostrowski de Núñez, 2001
Species Ascocotyle septentrionalis (Van den Broek, 1967) Gustinelli, Caffara, Scaravelli, Fioravanti & Scholz, 2021
Species Ascocotyle sesquiordoi Mellen & Dronen, 1987
Species Ascocotyle sexidigita Martin & Steele, 1970
Species Ascocotyle sinoecum (Ciurea, 1933) Sogandares-Bernal & Lumsden, 1963
Species Ascocotyle tertia Ostrowski de Núñez, 2001
Species Ascocotyle trentinii Gustinelli, Caffara, Scaravelli, Fioravanti & Scholz, 2021
Subgenus Ascocotyle (Leighia) Sogandares-Bernal & Lumsden, 1963 accepted as Ascocotyle Looss, 1899 (synonym)
1. Species Ascocotyle (Leighia) hadra Ostrowski de Nunez, 1992 accepted as Ascocotyle hadra Ostrowski de Núñez, 1992 (superseded combination)
Subgenus Ascocotyle (Phagicola) Faust, 1920 accepted as Ascocotyle Looss, 1899 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
1. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) arnoldoi Travassos, 1928 accepted as Ascocotyle arnaldoi Travassos, 1928 accepted as Ascocotyle longa Ransom, 1920 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
2. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) ascolonga (Witenberg, 1929) Travassos, 1930 accepted as Ascocotyle ascolonga (Witenberg, 1929) Travassos, 1930 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
3. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) byrdi Robinson, 1956 accepted as Ascocotyle byrdi (Robinson, 1956) Sogandares-Bernal & Lumsden, 1963 accepted as Ascocotyle longa Ransom, 1920 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
4. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) cameliae Hernández-Orts, Georgieva, Landete & Scholz, 2019 accepted as Ascocotyle cameliae Hernández-Orts, Georgieva, Landete & Scholz, 2019 (Superseded combination)
5. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) diminuta (Stunkard & Haviland, 1924) accepted as Ascocotyle diminuta Stunkard & Haviland, 1924 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
6. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) inglei (Hutton & Sogandares-Bernal, 1958) Scholz, 1999 accepted as Ascocotyle inglei (Hutton & Sogandares-Bernal, 1958) Scholz, 1999 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
7. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) intermedius Srivastav, 1935 accepted as Ascocotyle intermedia Srivastava, 1935 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
8. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) iutermedius Srivastava, 1935 accepted as Ascocotyle intermedia Srivastava, 1935 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
9. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa Ransom, 1920 accepted as Ascocotyle longa Ransom, 1920 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
10. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longicollis (Kuntz & Chandler, 1956) Scholz, 1999 accepted as Ascocotyle longicollis (Kuntz & Chandler, 1956) Scholz, 1999 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
11. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) macrostoma Robinson, 1956 accepted as Ascocotyle macrostoma (Robinson, 1956) Sogandares-Bernal & Lumsden, 1963 (superseded combination)
12. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) mollienisicola (Sogandares-Bernal & Bridgman, 1960) Aguirre-Macedo, Scholz, Gonzalez-Solis, Vidal-Martinez, Posel, Arjona-Torres, Siu-Estrada & Dumailo, 2001 accepted as Ascocotyle mollienisicola (Sogandares-Bernal & Bridgman, 1960) Aguirre-Macedo, Scholz, Gonzalez-Solis, Vidal-Martinez, Posel, Arjona-Torres, Siu-Estrada & Dumailo, 2001 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
13. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) nana Ransom, 1920 accepted as Ascocotyle nana Ransom, 1920 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
14. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) rara Arruda, Muniz-Pereira & Pinto, 2002 accepted as Ascocotyle angeloi Travassos, 1929 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
15. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) sinoecum Ciurea, 1933 accepted as Ascocotyle sinoecum (Ciurea, 1933) Sogandares-Bernal & Lumsden, 1963 (superseded combination)
16. Species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) trentinii Gustinelli, Caffara, Scaravelli, Fioravanti & Scholz, 2021 accepted as Ascocotyle trentinii Gustinelli, Caffara, Scaravelli, Fioravanti & Scholz, 2021 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ascocotyle angrense Travassos, 1916 accepted as Ascocotyle angrensis Travassos, 1916 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Species Ascocotyle arnaldoi Travassos, 1928 accepted as Ascocotyle longa Ransom, 1920 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Ascocotyle bulbosus (Ukoli, 1968) accepted as Ascocotyle bulbosa (Ukoli, 1968) Gustinelli, Caffara, Scaravelli, Fioravanti & Scholz, 2021 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Species Ascocotyle byrdi (Robinson, 1956) Sogandares-Bernal & Lumsden, 1963 accepted as Ascocotyle longa Ransom, 1920 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Ascocotyle intermedius Srivastava, 1935 accepted as Ascocotyle intermedia Srivastava, 1935 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Species Ascocotyle lageniformis (Chandler, 1941) Gustinelli, Caffara, Scaravelli, Fioravanti & Scholz, 2021 accepted as Ascocotyle diminuta Stunkard & Haviland, 1924 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Ascocotyle plana Linton, 1928 accepted as Pygidiopsis plana (Linton, 1928) Price, 1933 (Superseded combination)
Species Ascocotyle puertoricensis Price, 1932 accepted as Ascocotyle felippei Travassos, 1929 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Ascocotyle tenuicollis Price, 1935 accepted as Ascocotyle felippei Travassos, 1929 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Ascocotyle ornamentata Shalaby, Esposito, Riegler, Di Carlo & Carratù, 1993 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 12: 521-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2037
page(s): 584 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Ascocotyle Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108604 on 2024-11-08

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gibson, David

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original description Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 12: 521-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2037
page(s): 584 [details]

original description (of Parascocotyle Stunkard & Haviland, 1924) Stunkard, H. W.; Haviland, C. B. (1924). Trematodes from the Rat. American Museum Novitates. 126: 10 pp.
page(s): 3 [details]

original description (of Phagicola Faust, 1920) Faust, E. C. (1920). Notes on trematodes from the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science. 17: 627–634.
page(s): 631 [details]

original description (of Ascocotyle (Leighia) Sogandares-Bernal & Lumsden, 1963) Sogandares-Bernal, F.; Lumsder, R. D. (1963). The generic status of the heterophyid trematodes of the Ascocotyle complex, including notes on the systematics and biology of Ascocotyle angrense Travassos, 1916. Journal of Parasitology. 49 (2): 264–274., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3275993
page(s): 266 [details]

original description (of Metascocotyle Ciurea, 1933) Ciurea, I. (1933). Les vers parasites de l'homme, des mammifères, et des oiseaux provenant des poissons du Danube et de la Mer Noire. Premier mémoire. Trématodes, famille Heterophyidae Odhner, avec un essai de classification des trématodes de la superfamille Heterophyoidea Faust. Archives Roumaines de Pathologie Experimentale et de Microbiologie. 6 (1-2): 5–134.
page(s): 55 [details]

original description (of Pseudascocotyle Sogandares-Bernal & Bridgman, 1960) Sogandares-Bernal, F.; Bridgman, J. F. (1960). Three Ascocotyle complex trematodes (Heterophyidae) encysted in fishes from Louisiana, including the description of a new genus. Tulane Studies in Zoology. 8: 31–39.
page(s): 33 [details]

taxonomy source Sogandares-Bernal, F.; Lumsder, R. D. (1963). The generic status of the heterophyid trematodes of the Ascocotyle complex, including notes on the systematics and biology of Ascocotyle angrense Travassos, 1916. Journal of Parasitology. 49 (2): 264–274., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3275993
page(s): 265 [details]

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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.10.003 [details]

additional source Hernández-Orts, J. S.; Georgieva, S.; Landete, D. N.; Scholz, T. (2019). Heterophyid trematodes (Digenea) from penguins: A new species of Ascocotyle Looss, 1899, first description of metacercaria of Ascocotyle (A.) patagoniensis Hernández-Orts et al. (2012), and first molecular data. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 8: 94-105., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.12.008 [details]

identification resource Pearson, J. (2008). Family Heterophyidae Leiper, 1909. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. Wallingford, CABI and Natural History Museum, pp. 113–141.
page(s): 126 [details]

identification resource Morozov, F. N. (1952). Trematode superfamily Heterophyoidea Faust, 1929. Skriabin K. I. Trematody zhivonykh i chekoveka (= Osnovy Trematodologii) [Trematodes of animals and humans. Fundamentals of trematodology]. 6: 152–615. (In Russian)., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/skrjabin1952_trematody_6.djvu
page(s): 355 [details]