Tapeworm Species Details

Grillotia gastrica Beveridge & Campbell, 2013
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12671
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Grillotia
Species gastrica
Authority Beveridge & Campbell, 2013
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 2013. A new species of Grillotia Guiart, 1927 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) with redescriptions of congeners and new synonyms. Systematic Parasitology 85: 99-116.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/20/2013 Created B. Barbeau
05/07/2015Modified
05/21/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/06/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Mullidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Upeneichthys
Species lineatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Upeneichthys
Species lineatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Plerocerci from stomach wall: Sillaginodes punctatus
Site in Host musculature of the stomach wall
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Off Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°57'S, 115°52'E
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material SAM No. 35621 (holotype); SAM Nos. 35622-3 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 holotype, 4 paratypes
Voucher Material Three plerocerci from stomach wall of Sillaginodes punctatus, off Perth, Western Australia (SAM 35624).
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.