Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 4798 |
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| Order | Trypanorhyncha |
| Family | Lacistorhynchidae |
| Subfamily | |
| Genus | Grillotiella |
| Species | exilis |
| Authority | (Linton, 1908) Palm, 2004 |
| Taxonomic Status | Valid |
| Valid Name | |
| Synonyms | Rhynchobothrium exile Linton, 1908; Grillotia branchi Shaharom & Lester, 1982 |
| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | Yes |
| Verified | Yes |
| Verified By | I. Beveridge |
| Citation(s) |
Linton, E. 1908. IX. Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. I. Cestodes. Publication No. 102, Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1: 157-190. (277) Download PDFPalm, H. W. 2004. The Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863. PKSPL-IPB Press, Bogor, 710 pp. (4253) Download PDF |
| Redescription | |
| Scientific Name Notes | Variously cited as Linton (1908) or (1909), but Linton (1908) is the correct authority. |
Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 11/30/-0001 | Created | I. Beveridge |
| 05/07/2015 | Modified | |
| 05/25/2015 | Modified | I. Beveridge |
| 05/11/2016 | Modified | B. Barbeau |
| 06/07/2017 | Modified | K. Herzog |
Type Host
| Host Class | Elasmobranchii | ||||||
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| Host Order | Carcharhiniformes | ||||||
| Host Family | Carcharhinidae | ||||||
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| Site in Host | spiral intestine | ||||||
| Host Notes | Plerocerci: Scomberomorus commerson (Palm, 2004) |
Type Locality
| Country | U.S.A. |
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| Body of Water | Atlantic Ocean |
| Island(s) | |
| City/Region | Dry Tortugas, Florida |
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| Locality Notes | Australia (Palm 2004) |
Specimens
| Type Material | USNPC 9002 (holotype) |
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| Total Number of Type Specimens | |
| Voucher Material | |
| Specimen Notes | USNHC 76386-7 (holotype and paratypes of Grillotia branchi), BMNH 1981.3.8.1-3 and QM G GL4-6 (paratypes of Grillotia branchi) also used by Palm (2004) for redescription |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Plate 7. Rhynchobothrium exile sp. nov., from Galeocerdo tigrinus. 48. Head and neck sketched from alcoholic specimens; diameter of neck, anterior, 0.28 mm. 49. Base of proboscis; diameter of enlargement, exclusive of hooks, 0.07 mm. 50. Another view of base of proboscis; diameter of enlargement, exclusive of hooks, 0.07 mm. 51. Another view of proboscis; diameter, exclusive of hooks, 0.031 mm. 52. Types of hooks; length 0.020 to 0.028 mm. 53. Segments near posterior end of strobile; maximum diameter 0.35 mm. 54. Free segment, partly diagrammatic. Testes represented a little larger than natural; vitelline glands partly cover testes in nature; length 5.5 mm. Abbreviations: b. Muscular bulbs, whose use is to evert the proboscides by pressure on fluid with which they are filled; c. Cirrus; l. v. Lateral vessel; o. Ovary; r. a. Reproductive aperture; sh. Proboscis sheath; t. Testes; u. Uterus; v. Vagina; v. g. Vitelline glands. 
Fig. 129 o-i. Griltotiella exile from Scomberomorus commerson. Australia, a. Scolex. b-c. Internal
surface (twisted at level of metabasal armature to show part of bothrial surface), d. Bothrial surface,
e. External surface. From Gaieocerdo cuvier. USA. f. Scolex. g. Bothrial surface, basal armature, h.
Internal surface, basal armature, i. Mature segment. Scale bars: a, d, 100; b-c, e, 50; f, 280; g-h, 70;
i, 350. Figs a-e after Shaharom & Lester (1982), f-i after Linton (1909). Best viewed in Firefox
