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Aporhynchus norvegicus (Olsson, 1868) Nybelin, 1918
Trypanorhyncha: Gilquiniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4603
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Gilquiniidae
Subfamily
Genus Aporhynchus
Species norvegicus
Authority (Olsson, 1868) Nybelin, 1918
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrabothrium norvegicum Olsson, 1868
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Olsson, P. 1867-1868. Entozoa, iakttagna hos Skandinaviska hafsfiskar. I. Platyelminthes. Lunds Universitatis Årsskrift Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 4(8): 64 pp., pls. 3-5.

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Nybelin, O. 1918. Zur anatomie und Systematischen Stellung von “Tetrabothrium norvegicum” Olsson. Gotesborg s Kunglinge Vetenskaps - och Vitterhets-Samhalles Handlingar, Femte Foljden Serie B 20: 25-Jan.

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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

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created B. Barbeau, I. Beveridge
02/26/2013Modified
05/29/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/29/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
05/31/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Squaliformes
Host Family Etmopteridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Spinax
Species niger
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Etmopterus
Species spinax
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Olsson (1868) refers to the type host of Tetrabothrium norvegicum as both "Spinax niger" (in the original description) as well as "Spinacis nigri" (in the figure caption for the original line drawings of T. norvegicum). In moving T. norvegicum to the genus Aporhynchus, Nybelin (1918) refers to the type host as "Etmopterus spinax". In his redescription of the species, Beveridge (1990) also refers to the type host as Etomopterus spinax, but provides a third synonym by adding "(=Spinax spinax)".

Type Locality

Country Norway
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Also described from Ireland (Rees, 1941), New Hebrides, and Lisbon (Dollfus, 1942) (as reported in Beveridge [1990]).

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes In his revision of the species, Beveridge (1990) lists the following specimens as material he examined: BMNH 1976.4.14.3-4; 1986.8.5.1; MNHN BD 28. For additional information on re-discovered cotypes and a new line drawing of A. norvegicus, see Noever et al. (2010)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.