Tapeworm Species Details

Gyrocotyle amphiptyches Wagener in Diesing, 1858
Gyrocotylidea: Gyrocotylidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1741
Order Gyrocotylidea
Family Gyrocotylidae
Subfamily
Genus Gyrocotyle
Species amphiptyches
Authority Wagener in Diesing, 1858
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Gyrocotyle urna (Wagener, 1852) Wagener, 1858
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By R. Kuchta
Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1858. Nachtrage und Verbessergungen zur Revision der Myzhelminthen. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 35: 421–451.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -Wagener in Diesing (1858 pg. 447) transferred his species Amphiptyches urna to the genus Gyrocotyle Diesing, 1850, simultaneously changing the specific name as Gyrocotyle amphiptyches.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/16/2005 Created Kuchta
03/12/2015Modified
09/15/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
10/13/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
02/04/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
08/11/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/12/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
04/24/2017ModifiedJ. Caira
04/24/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
04/25/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Chondrichthyes
Host Order Chimaeriformes
Host Family Chimaeridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Chimaera
Species monstrosa
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Chimaera
Species monstrosa
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country France
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Nice
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -based on original material of Amphiptyches urna Grube and Wagener in Wagener, 1852

Specimens

Type Material -not given
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.