Tapeworm Species Details

Callitetrarhynchus gracilis (Rudolphi, 1819) Pintner, 1931
Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4759
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Lacistorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Callitetrarhynchus
Species gracilis
Authority (Rudolphi, 1819) Pintner, 1931
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Anthocephalus gracilis Rudolphi, 1819; Rhynchobothrium speciosum Linton, 1897; Tetrarhynchus ceylonicus Southwell, 1929 Tentacularia macfiei Southwell, 1929; Tentacularia lepida Chandler, 1935; Rhynchobothrium spiracornutum Linton, 1907
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Rudolphi, C. A. 1819. Entozoorum synopsis, cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Sumtibus Augusti Rücker, Berolini (Berlin), 811 pp.

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Pintner, T. 1931. Wenigbekanntes und Unbekanntes von Rüsselbandwürmern II. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Abteilung I 140(9–10): 777–820.

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Redescription

Dollfus, R.-P. 1942. Études critiques sur les tétrarhynques du Muséum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d‘Histoire Naturelle, 6. Série 19: 7-466.

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Scientific Name Notes Name first mentioned on page 178 of Rudolphi (1891) (page 186 of PDF); description starts on page 540 of Rudolphi (1891) (page 548 of PDF). Detailed redescription by Dollfus (1942); segment morpholgy in Beveridge & Campbell (1996) and new line drawings and SEMs in Carvajal & Rego (1985); additional SEM in Haseli et al. (2016) (citation # 7078)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge, N. Arisco
05/13/2015Modified
05/26/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/01/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
05/23/2018ModifiedK. Herzog
05/05/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Scombroidei
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Scombri
Species rochei
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Auxis
Species rochei
Subspecies rochei
Additional Host(s) mesentery of "Bramae (Spari) Raji" (Rudolphi, 1819) (= Brama brama)
Site in Host peritoneum
Host Notes Type host referred to as both "Scombri Rochei" and "Scombrum Rochei" in Rudolphi (1819). Reported from numerous elasmobranchs and teleosts- see Palm (2004)

Type Locality

Country Italy
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Naples
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Cosmopolitan- see Palm (2004)

Specimens

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