by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Ascocotyle longicollis (Kuntz & Chandler, 1956) Soganderes-Bernal & Lumsden, 1963 ETYMOLOGY: The longicollis refers to the length of the elongation of the oral sucker. SYNONYMS:Phagicola longicollis Kuntz and Chandler, 1956 HISTORY: This parasite was...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Ascocotyle ascolonga (Witenberg, 1929) Travassos, 1930 ETYMOLOGY:Ascos (tube) + cotyle (disk) [referring to the shape of the anterior sucker being elongated within the body] and asco (tube) + longus (long). SYNONYMS:Parascocotyle ascolonga Witenberg, 1929,...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
ASCOCOTYLINAE The Ascocotylinae are a group of trematodes that is characterized by an elongation of the oral sucker (Figure 2-16). The genus Ascocotyle now contains worms that were previously included in the genera Phagicola, Leighia, and Parascocotyle. There are...
