Tapeworm Species Details

Grillotia meteori Palm & Schroder, 2001
Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4836
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Lacistorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Grillotia
Species meteori
Authority Palm & Schroder, 2001
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Grillotia dolicophala Guiart, 1935
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Palm, H. W. and P. Schroder . 2001. Cestode parasites from elasmobranchs Heptranchias perlo and Deania from the Great Meteor Bank, central east Atlantic. Aquatic Living Resources 14: 137-144.

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Redescription

Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 2013. A new species of Grillotia Guiart, 1927 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) with redescriptions of congeners and new synonyms. Systematic Parasitology 85: 99-116.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
02/22/2013Modified
05/22/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Deania
Species profundorum
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host stomach and intestinal wall, liver and musculature
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Great Meteor Bank
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material BMNH 2000.8.31. 5-6 (holotype and paratype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.