Tapeworm Species Details

Grillotia (Paragrillotia) simmonsi Dollfus, 1969
Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4804
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Lacistorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Grillotia (Paragrillotia)
Species simmonsi
Authority Dollfus, 1969
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Paragrillotia similis (Linton, 1908) Dollfus, 1969
Synonyms Rhynchobothrium simile Linton, 1908; Grillotia similis (Linton, 1908) Caira & Gavarrino, 1990
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Dollfus, R.-P. 1969. Quelques espèces de cestodes tétrarhynchques de la côte Atlantique des États Unis dont l’une n’était pas connue à l’état adulte. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 26: 1037-1061.

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Redescription

Caira, J. N. and M. M. Gavarrino. 1990. Grillotia similis (Linton, 1908) comb. n. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from nurse sharks in the Florida Keys. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 57: 15-20.

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Scientific Name Notes n.s.g. (Paragrillotia); Schmidt, 1986 erroneously refers to this species without the subgenus - no other reference to the name without the subgenus can be found (E.B.B.)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created B. Barbeau, I. Beveridge
08/11/2010Modified
05/22/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/24/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/28/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/26/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/30/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Orectolobiformes
Host Family Ginglymostomatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ginglymostoma
Species cirratum
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Ginglymostoma
Species cirratum
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes G. cirratum not formally designated as type host by Dollfus

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Sarasota, Florida
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material MNHN BD 28: 83-84 (types)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.