Tapeworm Species Details

Gigantolina magna (Southwell, 1915) Poche, 1922
Amphilinidea: Amphilinidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 10
Order Amphilinidea
Family Amphilinidae
Subfamily
Genus Gigantolina
Species magna
Authority (Southwell, 1915) Poche, 1922
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Amphilina magna Southwell, 1915; Gyrometra albotaenia Yamaguti, 1954; Gyrometra mugilitaenia Parveen, 1971; Gyrometra kunduchi Khalil, 1977
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1915. Notes from the Bengal Fisheries Laboratory, Indian Museum. No. 2. On some Indian parasites of fish, with a note on carcinoma in trout. Records of the Indian Museum 11: 311-330.

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Poche, F. 1922. Zur Kenntnis der Amphilinidea. Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig 54: 276-287.

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Redescription

Dubinina, M. N. 1982. [Parasitic worms of the class Amphilinida (Platyhelminthes)] (In Russian). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 100: 143 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/10/2006 Created K. Catanese
12/14/2010Modified
02/19/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/08/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/07/2017ModifiedT. Scholz
08/02/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Haemulidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Diagramma
Species crassispinum
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Plectorhinchus
Species gibbosus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host coelom
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Sri Lanka
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Pearl Banks
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.