Otobothriidae

Otobothriidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Cestoda
Order:	Trypanorhyncha
Suborder:	Cystidea
Family:	Otobothriidae ; Dollfus, 1942

Last updated March 21, 2026

Otobothriidae is a family of tapeworms described by Robert-Philippe Dollfus in 1942.

Genera

Diplootobothrium
Fossobothrium
Otobothrium
Poecilancistrium
Pristiorhynchus ^[1]
Proemotobothrium
Symbothriorhynchus

References

↑ Schaeffner; Beveridge (2013). "Pristiorhynchus palmi n. g., n. sp. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from sawfishes (Pristidae) off Australia, with redescriptions and new records of six species of the Otobothrioidea Dollfus, 1942". Systematic Parasitology. 84 (2): 97–121. doi:10.1007/s11230-012-9391-6. hdl: 11343/282784 . PMID 23299749. S2CID 3129825.

Haseli, M.; 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. doi:10.1007/s11230-017-9738-0. PMID 28674952.

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[1] Schaeffner; Beveridge (2013). "Pristiorhynchus palmi n. g., n. sp. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from sawfishes (Pristidae) off Australia, with redescriptions and new records of six species of the Otobothrioidea Dollfus, 1942". Systematic Parasitology. 84 (2): 97–121. doi:10.1007/s11230-012-9391-6. hdl: 11343/282784 . PMID 23299749. S2CID 3129825.

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Otobothriidae

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