Tapeworm Species Details

Gyrocotyle haffii Bray, Waeschenbach, Littlewood, Halvorsen & Olson, 2020
Gyrocotylidea: Gyrocotylidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14476
Order Gyrocotylidea
Family Gyrocotylidae
Subfamily
Genus Gyrocotyle
Species haffii
Authority Bray, Waeschenbach, Littlewood, Halvorsen & Olson, 2020
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Citation(s)

Bray, R. A., A. Waeschenbach, D. T .J. Littlewood, O. Halvorsen, and P. Olson. 2020. Molecular circumscription of new species of Gyrocotyle Diesing, 1850 (Cestoda) from deep-sea chimaeriform holocephalans in the North Atlantic. Systematic Parasitology 97: 285–296.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/27/2022 Created R. Kuchta
05/27/2022ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Chondrichthyes
Host Order Chimaeriformes
Host Family Rhinochimaeridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Harriotta
Species raleighana
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Harriotta
Species raleighana
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intesitne
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ireland
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Goban Spur
Coordinates 49°46´N, 12°21´W
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -Goban Spur (49°460N, 12°210W, depth 1,631–1,653 m, 22-23.iv.2001; RRS Discovery Cruise 252, No. 13951/14), North-East Atlantic.

Specimens

Type Material -holotype (NHMUK.2019.11.21.1), paratype (NHMUK.2019.11.21.2)
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.