Tapeworm Species Details

Gilquinia squali (Fabricius, 1794) Dollfus, 1930
Trypanorhyncha: Gilquiniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4597
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Gilquiniidae
Subfamily
Genus Gilquinia
Species squali
Authority (Fabricius, 1794) Dollfus, 1930
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Taenia squali Fabricius, 1794; Rhynchobothrium tetrabothrium van Beneden, 1849; Gillquinia tetrabothria (van Beneden, 1849) Guiart, 1927; Bothriocephalus paleaceus Rudolphi, 1810; Tetrarhynchobothrium affine Diesing, 1854; Tetrarhynchus anteroporus Hart, 1936- see Palm (2004) for a complete list
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Fabricius, O. 1794. Bidrag til Snylte-Ormenes Historie. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 3(2): 1–45.

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Dollfus, R.-P. 1930. Sur les Tetrarhynques (2e Contribution) (Dibothriorhynchus, Sphyriocephala, Tentacularia, Nybelinia). Memoires de la Societe Zoologique de France 29: 139-216.

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Redescription

Beveridge, I. 1990. Revision of the family Gilquiniidae (Cestoda : Trypanorhyncha) from elasmobranch fishes. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 481-520.

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Scientific Name Notes Original description on pg. 41 of Fabricius (1794). New combination on pg. 141 of Dollfus (1930).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/07/2015Modified
05/29/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/05/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Squaliformes
Host Family Squalidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Squalus
Species acanthias
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Squalus
Species acanthias
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes see Beveridge (1990)

Type Locality

Country Denmark
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region [not given]
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes see Beveridge (1990)

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes BMNH 1979.4.11.26-32; 1977.11.4.21; 1976.4.15.5;1977.11.4.19-20; 1987.2.4.81-88; 1986.4.16.1-4; 1969.2.24.263-300; MNHN BD 28, BD 16, C80 (beveridge, 1990)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.