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Endocotyle bushi Kinsella & Deblock, 1997

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Endocotyle bushi Kinsella & Deblock, 1997
Name authority
Kinsella & Deblock, 1997
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Trematoda
Order
Plagiorchiida
Family
Microphallidae
Genus
Endocotyle
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumPlatyhelminthes Minot, 1876
  4. subphylumRhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
  5. classTrematoda
  6. subclassDigenea Carus, 1863
  7. orderPlagiorchiida La Rue, 1957
  8. suborderXiphidiata Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003
  9. superfamilyMicrophalloidea Ward, 1901
  10. familyMicrophallidae Ward, 1901
  11. subfamilyEndocotylinae Deblock, 1971
  12. genusEndocotyle Belopolskaja, 1952
  13. speciesEndocotyle bushi Kinsella & Deblock, 1997

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 5 records assigned to Microphallidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Kinsella, M., & Deblock, S. (1997). Microphallidae Travassos, 1920 (Trematoda). L. Testiculoporus cedarkeyensis n. g., n. sp. et Endocotyle bushi n. sp., parasites d’un Catoptrophorus (Aves) des Etats-Unis. Systematic Parasitology, 37. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005761006730 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:39RMD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.