Tapeworm Species Details

Gymnorhynchus horridus Goodsir, 1841
Trypanorhyncha: Gymnorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5048
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Gymnorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Gymnorhynchus
Species horridus
Authority Goodsir, 1841
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Molicola horridus (Goodsir, 1841) Dollfus, 1935
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Goodsir, J. 1841. On Gymnorhynchus horridus, a new cestoid entozoon. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 31: 12-Sep.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
05/07/2015Modified
05/30/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/12/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/09/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/18/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Tetraodontiformes
Host Family Molidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Sun-fish
Species
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Mola
Species mola
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host liver
Host Notes See Palm (2004) for additional hosts.

Type Locality

Country Scotland
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Firth of Forth
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes See Palm (2004) for additional localities.

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Palm (2004) cited specimens in the MNHN as types, but these are not types as the species was described from Scotland.
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.