Tapeworm Species Details

Gyrocoelia coronata (Krefft, 1871)
Cyclophyllidea: Dioicocestidae: Gyrocoeliinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1655
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Dioicocestidae
Subfamily Gyrocoeliinae
Genus Gyrocoelia
Species coronata
Authority (Krefft, 1871)
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Dilepis australiensis Johnston, 1910 Taenia coronata Krefft, 1871 Gyrocoelia australiensis (Johnston, 1910) Johnston, 1912
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Scientific Name Notes -According to Johnston (1910 and 1912), Taenia coronata was preoccupied by a species (Choanotaenia coronata) described by Creplin in 1829 under the same name. Johnston (1910) established Dilepis australiensis as a replacement name for Taenia coronata Krefft, 1871.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/09/2006 Created Georgiev , Healy
02/16/2010Modified
08/08/2017ModifiedA. Phillips
07/31/2024ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

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Genus Himantopus
Species leucocephalus
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Site in Host [not given]
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
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Island(s)
City/Region in the neighborhood of Sydney and in Queensland
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Specimens

Type Material “a single specimen in the Australian Museum collection”
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.