Tapeworm Species Details

Gyrocoelia paradoxus (Linstow, 1906)
Cyclophyllidea: Dioicocestidae: Gyrocoeliinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1684
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Dioicocestidae
Subfamily Gyrocoeliinae
Genus Gyrocoelia
Species paradoxus
Authority (Linstow, 1906)
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Scientific Name Notes According Ryzhikova & Tolkacheva (1981), Brochocephalus paradoxus is a synonym of Gyrocoelia perversa Fuhrmann, 1899 Schmidt (1986) appears to have been the first author to create the combination G. paradoxa

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/15/2006 Created Jensen
02/16/2010Modified
08/08/2017ModifiedA. Phillips
07/31/2024ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

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Genus Aegialitis
Species mongolica
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Site in Host duodenum
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Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
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City/Region Weligatta
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Specimens

Type Material [not given, perhaps in Göttingen, Germany or Colombo Museum, Colombo, Sri Lanka]
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.