Otobothrioidea Dollfus is part of the five superfamilies of Palm's system. Through evolution it is seen that the bothrial pits of Otobothrioidea and the bothrial grooves of the Lacistorhynchoidea Guiart are related (Haseli, & Malekpour Fard, Z., 2017).
Otobothriidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
tapeworm
Eucestoda, commonly referred to as tapeworms, is the larger of the two subclasses of flatworms in the class Cestoda (the other subclass is Cestodaria). Larvae have six posterior hooks on the scolex (head), in contrast to the ten-hooked Cestodar ...
created by
Robert-Philippe Dollfus
Robert-Philippe Dollfus (20 July 1887 in Paris, France – 19 February 1976 in Paris, France) was a French zoologist and parasitologist.
Stunkard, H.W. 1977. In Memoriam Robert-Philippe Dollfus (1887–1976). Journal of Parasitology 63: 706 & 7 ...
in 1942.
Genera
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Diplootobothrium''
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Fossobothrium''
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Otobothrium''
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Poecilancistrium''
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Pristiorhynchus
''Pristiorhynchus'' is a genus of tapeworm
Eucestoda, commonly referred to as tapeworms, is the larger of the two subclasses of flatworms in the class Cestoda (the other subclass is Cestodaria). Larvae have six posterior hooks on the scolex ...
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Proemotobothrium''
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Symbothriorhynchus''
References
Haseli, & Malekpour Fard, Z. (2017). A new genus and species of the trypanorhynch family Otobothriidae Dollfus, 1942 from the slender weasel shark Paragaleus randalli Compagno, Krupp & Carpenter (Hemigaleidae) in the Persian Gulf. Systematic Parasitology, 94(7), 765–775.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-017-9738-0
Cestoda
Platyhelminthes families
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