Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 4818 |
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| Order | Trypanorhyncha |
| Family | Lacistorhynchidae |
| Subfamily | |
| Genus | Grillotia |
| Species | erinaceus |
| Authority | (van Beneden, 1858) Guiart, 1927 |
| Taxonomic Status | Valid |
| Valid Name | |
| Synonyms | Tetrarhynchus erinaceus van Beneden, 1858; Rhynchobothrium imparispine Linton, 1897; Grillotia pseuderinaceus Dollfus, 1969; Grillotia recurvispinis Dollfus, 1969 |
| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | Yes |
| Verified | Yes |
| Verified By | I. Beveridge |
| Citation(s) |
van Beneden, P.-J. 1858. Memoire sur les vers intestinaux. Comptes rendus de l’Academie des Sciences, Paris, Supplement 2: 1-376. (4328) Download PDFGuiart, J. 1927. Classification des Tetrarhynques. Association Francaise pour l’advancement des sciences 50: 397-401. (4398) Download PDF |
| Redescription |
Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 2007. Revision of the Grillotia erinaceus (van Beneden, 1858) species complex (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha), with the description of G. brayi n. sp.. Systematic Parasitology 68: 1-31. (4523) Download PDF |
| Scientific Name Notes |
Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
|---|---|---|
| 11/30/-0001 | Created | I. Beveridge |
| 02/21/2013 | Modified | |
| 05/20/2015 | Modified | I. Beveridge |
| 05/21/2015 | Modified | I. Beveridge |
| 05/22/2015 | Modified | I. Beveridge |
| 01/13/2016 | Modified | J. Caira |
| 06/05/2017 | Modified | K. Herzog |
| 06/06/2017 | Modified | K. Herzog |
| 07/30/2020 | Modified | P. Lopez Dineen |
Type Host
| Host Class | Elasmobranchii | ||||||
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| Host Order | Rajiformes | ||||||
| Host Family | Rajidae | ||||||
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| Site in Host | spiral intestine | ||||||
| Host Notes | Type host not designated by van Beneden (1858), but holotype is from Raja clavata (=Raia rubus) (as per Beveridge & Campbell [2007]). van Beneden (1858) lists the following as other hosts: Lophius piscatorius and Gadus morrhua (peritoneum). Found in umerous other rays and teleosts. See Palm (2004) and Beveridge & Campbell (2007). |
Type Locality
| Country | Belgium |
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| Body of Water | North Sea |
| Island(s) | |
| City/Region | Ostende |
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| Locality Notes | Atlantic, Mediterranean, Black Sea - widespread. See Palm (2004) and Beveridge & Campbell (2007) |
Specimens
| Type Material | MNHN C90 A2R 1026 (holotype) (as per Beveridge & Campbell [2007]) |
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| Specimen Notes |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Planche XVIII. Tetrarhynchus erinaceus. Fig. 1-5. Du péritoine de la Baudroie. Fig. 6-11. Des intestins de Raia rubus. Fig. 1. Kyste, de grandeur naturelle, tel qu'il se montre à l'æil nu dans l'abdomen de la Baudroie. Fig. 2. Scolex retire du kyste, la tète engainee comme un Cysticerque et montrant en arrière les canaux urinaires et la vesicule pulsatile. Tout le corps est incrusté de corpuscules calcaires. Fig. 3. Le mème, dégaîné, montrant en avant les bothridies avec les trompes et l'appareil excreteur urinaire en arrière, avec les canaud et la vesicule. Fig. 4. Le mème, de grandeur naturelle. Fig. 5. Une partie de la trompe du mème individu. Fig. 6. Trompe d'un Tétrarhynque de Raia rubus, vue à un plus fort grossissement. Fig. 7. La mème sous un autre aspect. Fig. 8. Deux Proglottis en voie de développement montrant la première apparition des organes sexuels. Le pénis saille sur le bord. (Voyez pour les lettres la figure suivante.) Fig. 9. Proglottis adulte détaché librement; la peau présente des sillons longitudinaux; on voit: a. Pénis. b. Réservoir spermatique. c. Germigène. d. Oviducte. e. Matrice. f. Canaux urinaires. Fig. 10. Œufs, au grossissement de 300. Fig. 11. Un autre œuf isolé, plus fortement grossi. 
Figs. 1–5 Grillotia erinaceus (van Beneden, 1858). 1.
Scolex (BMNH 1965.2.24.92–97 from Raja montagui,
Plymouth, UK). 2. Bothria (BMNH 1965.2.54.92–97 from
Leucoraja naevus, Plymouth, UK). 3. Mature segment
(BMNH 1989.6.20.6–7, Leucoraja naevus, UK). 4. Gravid
segment (BMNH 1986.10.14.4–4, from R. clavata, Barra Head, UK). 5. Transverse section of mature segment at
level of uterine pore (BMNH 1965.2.24.92–97, from R.
montagui, Plymouth, UK). Scale-bars: 0.1 mm. Abbreviations:
do, dorsal osmoregulatory canal; m, longitudinal
muscle bundle; t, testis; u, uterus; up, uterine pore; v,
vitelline follicle; vo, ventral osmoregulatory canal 
Figs. 6–12 Grillotia erinaceus (van Beneden, 1858). 6.
Bulb, lateral view with upper arrow showing initial point
of attachment of retractor muscle; lower arrow showing
termination of attachment (BMNH 1989.1.25.11–12, from
Raja brachyura, UK). 7. Bulb, dorsoventral view with
upper arrow showing initial point of attachment of
retractor muscle; lower arrow showing termination of
attachment (BMNH 1965.2.24.92–97, from R. montagui,
Plymouth, UK). 8. Contracted bulb, lateral view, showing
attachment of retractor (BMNH 1935.6.5.78, plerocercus
from Gadus merlangus, Plymouth, UK). 9. Terminal
genitalia (MNHN Bd 28, 67, from R. montagui, Concarneau,
France). 10. Longitudinal section of mature segment
at level of hermaphroditic sac, showing both cirrus and
vagina within sac (MNHN Bd 28, 70, Leucoraja naevus,
Irish Sea). 11. Longitudinal section of mature segment at
level of hermaphroditic sac, lateral to figure 11, showing
hermaphroditic duct within sac (MNHN Bd 28, 70, from L.
naevus, Irish Sea). 12. Hooks 1¢ from bothrial surface of
tentacle numbered 1–6 ascending from base (BMNH
1965.2.54.92–97 from L. naevus, Plymouth, UK). Scalebars:
6–11, 0.1 mm; 12, 0.01 mm. Abbreviations: c, cirrus;
do, dorsal osmoregulatory canal; es, external seminal
vesicle; ga, genital atrium; hd, hermaphroditic duct; hs,
hermaphroditic sac; es, external seminal vesicle; is, internal
seminal vesicle; j, junction of vagina with cirrus; u, uterus;
up, uterine pore; va, vagina; vo, ventral osmoregulatory
canal 
Figs. 13–16 Grillotia erinaceus (van Beneden, 1858). 13.
External surface of tentacle, basal region, bothrial surface
on right hand side (specimen from Raja montagui,
Plymouth, UK, BMNH 1965.2.24.92–97). 14. Antibothrial
surface of tentacle, basal region, internal surface on left
hand side (specimen from Leucoraja naevus, Plymouth, UK, BMNH 1965.2.84.92–97). 15. Antibothrial surface of
tentacle, metabasal region, 14 rows beyond base, internal
surface on left hand side (specimen from L. naevus,
Plymouth, UK, BMNH 1965.2.84.92–97). 16. Profiles of
hooks of principal rows (1–4) and element from band of
hooks (B). Scale-bars: 0.01 mm 
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