Tapeworm Species Details

Hornelliella macropora (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Campbell & Beveridge, 1987
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5060
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Hornelliella
Species macropora
Authority (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Campbell & Beveridge, 1987
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Trygonicola macropora (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Beveridge & Campbell, 1998
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus annandalei Hornell, 1912 Hornelliella anandalei (Hornell, 1912) Yamaguti, 1954 Tetrarhynchus macroporus Shipley & Hornell, sensu Southwell, 1929
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Shipley, A. E. and J. Hornell. 1906. Report on the cestode and nematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar (Herdman), Part 5 5: 43-96.

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Southwell, T. 1929. A monograph on cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha from Ceylon and India. Part I. Ceylon Journal of Science. Section B. Zoology and Geology 15: 169-312.

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Redescription

Campbell, R. A. and I. Beveridge. 1987. Hornelliella macropora (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) comb. nov. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from Australian elasmobranch fishes and a re-assessment of the family Hornelliellidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 111(4): 195-200.

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Scientific Name Notes This complicated synonymy is explained in Beveridge & Cambell (1998) (4345)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
06/03/2014Modified
05/25/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
08/24/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/13/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species uarnak
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Himantura
Species uarnak
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Pearl Banks
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material NMW 2106 (holotype); NMW 2105 (paratype) (as reported in Beveridge & Campbell, 1998)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.