Tapeworm Species Details

Grillotia dolichocephala Guiart, 1935
Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4850
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Lacistorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Grillotia
Species dolichocephala
Authority Guiart, 1935
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Grillotia minor Guiart, 1935; Grillotia meteori Palm & Schroeder, 2001
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Guiart, J. 1935. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Albert Ier, Prince Monaco. Cestodes parasites provenant des campagnes scientifiques de S. A. S. le Prince Albert Ier de Monaco (1886-1913). Imprimerie de Monaco, Monaco, 105 pp.

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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
02/21/2013Modified
05/22/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
11/05/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
06/06/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Squaliformes
Host Family Somniosidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Centroscymnus
Species coelolepis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Centroscymnus
Species coelolepis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) "muscles de Pseudotriacis microdon" (Guiart, 1935, pg. 86) (now-valid name is Pseudotriakis microdon)
Site in Host subcutaneous
Host Notes Additional hosts: Centrophorus squamosus; Daenia profundorum (as reported in Beveridge & Campbell 2013)

Type Locality

Country Azores
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Saint Jorge
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Cape Verde Islands ("Iles du Cap Vert: muscles de Pseudotriacis microdon") (Guiart, 1935, pg. 86) (now-valid name is Pseudotriakis microdon)
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material MOM Inv 19962-4 (syntypes) (as reported in Beveridge & Campbell 2013)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes From Centrophorus squamosus (=Lepidorhinus squamosus): type of G. minor, plerocercus, Golfe de Gascogne (IOM Inv 19965). From Deania profundorum (Smith & Radcliffe): types of G. meteori, plerocerci, Great Meteor Bank, Atlantic Ocean (BMNH 2000.8.31-5-6) (as reported in Beveridge & Campbell 2013)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.