Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 4805 |
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| Order | Trypanorhyncha |
| Family | Lacistorhynchidae |
| Subfamily | |
| Genus | Paragrillotia |
| Species | spratti |
| Authority | (Campbell & Beveridge, 1993) Beveridge & Justine, 2007 |
| Taxonomic Status | Valid |
| Valid Name | |
| Synonyms | Pseudogrillotia spratti Campbell & Beveridge, 1993 |
| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | No |
| Verified | Yes |
| Verified By | I. Beveridge |
| Citation(s) |
Campbell, R. A. and I. Beveridge. 1993. New species of Grillotia and Pseudogrillotia (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from Australian sharks, and definition of the family Grillotiidae Dollfus, 1969. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 117: 37-46. (4334) Download PDFBeveridge, I. and J.-L. Justine. 2007. Paragrillotia apecteta n. sp. and redescription of P. spratti (Campbell & Beveridge, 1993) n. comb. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from hexanchid and carcharhinid sharks off New Caledonia. Zoosystema 29: 381-391. (4417) Download PDF |
| Redescription |
Beveridge, I. and J.-L. Justine. 2007. Paragrillotia apecteta n. sp. and redescription of P. spratti (Campbell & Beveridge, 1993) n. comb. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from hexanchid and carcharhinid sharks off New Caledonia. Zoosystema 29: 381-391. (4417) Download PDF |
| Scientific Name Notes | Put in new combination and redescribed by Beveridge & Justine (2007) |
Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 11/30/-0001 | Created | I. Beveridge |
| 02/16/2010 | Modified | |
| 05/24/2015 | Modified | I. Beveridge |
| 07/26/2017 | 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 | Additional hosts: Negaprion acutidens (from redescription by Beveridge & Justine, 2007) |
Type Locality
| Country | Australia |
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| Body of Water | Pacific Ocean |
| Island(s) | |
| City/Region | Tathra, New South Wales |
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| Locality Notes | Additional locality: off Nouméa, New Caledonia (from redescription by Beveridge & Justine, 2007) |
Specimens
| Type Material | SAM V4212 (holotype); AHC HC23331 (paratypes) |
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| Total Number of Type Specimens | |
| Voucher Material | For redescription: SAM 23331 (18 specimens) (from redescription by Beveridge & Justine, 2007) |
| Specimen Notes |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Figs 10-11. Pseudogrillotia spratti sp. nov.; adult worm: 10, scolex; 11, mature segment. Scale lines: 10, 1 min; 11, 0.1 mm. 
Figs 12-16. Pseudogrillotia spratti sp. nov.; tentacle armature: 12, metabasal armature, external surface; 13, metabasal armature,
external surface showing origin of principal rows; 14, basal region, internal surface on right side and bothridial surface at left; 15, basal region, transition between the basal armature and metabasal region on the external surface; 16, lower metabasal region, antibothridial surface showing single intercalary row of hooks. Scale lines: 12-16, 0.1 mm. 
Beveridge & Justine, 2007 
FIG. 3. — Paragrillotia spratti (Campbell & Beveridge, 1993) n. comb. from Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837): A, internal and antibothrial surfaces of tentacle, basal region; B, external surface of tentacle, basal region; C, mid-region of external surface of tentacle, metabasal
region, with chainette elements shown as solid hooks. Scale bar: 10 μm. 
FIG. 4. — Paragrillotia spratti (Campbell & Beveridge, 1993) n. comb. from Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837): A, scolex with bulbs projecting into pars proliferans scolecis; B, posterior region of scolex showing slightly craspedote form, with bulbs not projecting into pars proliferans scolecis; C, anterior extremity of bulb showing origin of retractor muscle; D, mature segment; E, distal genital ducts showing hermaphroditic duct within the hermaphroditic sac; F, transverse section of mature segment at level of uterine pore. Scale bars: 100 μm. Best viewed in Firefox
