Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 5186 |
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| Order | Trypanorhyncha |
| Family | Sphyriocephalidae |
| Subfamily | |
| Genus | Sphyriocephalus |
| Species | viridis |
| Authority | (Wagener, 1854) Pintner, 1913 |
| Taxonomic Status | Valid |
| Valid Name | |
| Synonyms | Tetrarhynchus viridis Wagener, 1854; Sphyriocephlus alberti Guiart, 1935; Sphyriocephalus richardi Guiart, 1935 |
| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | Yes |
| Verified | Yes |
| Verified By | I. Beveridge |
| Citation(s) |
Wagener, G. R. 1854. Die Entwicklung der Cestoden nach eigenen Untersuchungen. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher 24 (Suppl.): I–X; 1–91. (3842) Download PDFPintner, T. 1913. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Tetrarhynchoideen. Sitzunzberichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematik-Naturwissenschaften Classe 122: 171-253. (4384) Download PDF |
| Redescription |
Dallarés, S., M. Carrassón, and B.C. Schaeffner. 2017. Revision of the family Sphyriocephalidae Pintner, 1913 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha), with the description of Heterosphyriocephalus encarnae n. sp. and redescriptions of two species of Sphyriocephalus. Parasitology International 66: 843-862. (7008) Download PDF |
| Scientific Name Notes | Original spellings for S. richardi and S. alberti are "Sphyriocephala" |
Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 11/30/-0001 | Created | B. Barbeau, K. Catanese |
| 08/31/2010 | Modified | |
| 06/01/2015 | Modified | I. Beveridge |
| 06/22/2016 | Modified | B. Barbeau |
| 08/22/2017 | Modified | K. Herzog |
| 08/23/2017 | Modified | K. Herzog |
| 09/11/2017 | Modified | K. Herzog |
Type Host
| Host Class | Elasmobranchii | ||||||
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| Host Order | Squaliformes | ||||||
| Host Family | Dalatiidae | ||||||
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| Site in Host | stomach | ||||||
| Host Notes | Hosts given by Wagener in the original description are "Scymnus rostrati" (now valid as Somniosus rostratus) and "Scymnus nicaeensis" (now valid as Dalatias licha), but he does not formally designate a type host between the two of them. Pintner (1913) includes Centrophorus granulosus and "Scymnorhinus lichia" (now valid as Dalatias licha) as hosts for this species when he moves it to the genus Sphyriocephalus. See redescription in Dallarés et al. (2017) for list of additional hosts. |
Type Locality
| Country | France |
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| Body of Water | Mediterranean Sea |
| Island(s) | |
| City/Region | Nice |
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| Additional Localities | Cosmopolitan |
| Locality Notes | See redescription in Dallarés et al. (2017) for list of additional localities. |
Specimens
| Type Material | VNHM 2069, 2072 (material examined by Pintner 1913) (as reported in Palm, 2004) |
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| Specimen Notes | Deposited new material for redescription by Dallarés et al. (2017): USNM 1421488; SAM 36254–36259 & 47776; MNHN JNC395; UABpc C14–18 |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Ei von Tetrarhynch 21s viridis mihi aus Scymnus Nicaeensis. Nov., in Nizza. 260mal. Fig. 186. Tetrarhyncllus viridis mihi, im St.robilazustand nach van Beneden. Stom. Scymni nicaeensis. Auf den J(opf gesehen. Schwach vergrössert. 
Dallarés, Carrassón & Schaeffner (2017), pg. 854 
Fig. 10. Line drawings of Sphyriocephalus viridis fromDalatias licha (Bonnaterre) fromtheMediterranean Sea off Dellys, Algeria (A, C–E) and the Pacific Ocean off Nouméa, New Caledonia (B). A, outline of entire specimen, scolex in lateral view, strobila in dorsoventral view; B, scolex, dorsoventral view; C, bulb; D, terminal genitalia; E, mature segment. Abbreviations: asv, accessory seminal vesicle; c, cirrus; ed, ejaculatory duct; mg, Mehlis' gland; ov, ovary; sv, seminal vesicle; t, testis; ut, uterus; va, vagina; vt, vitelline follicles. 
Fig. 12. Line drawings of tentacular armature of Sphyriocephalus viridis fromCentroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello from the Mediterranean Sea off Majorca, Spain. A, tentacular armature, antibothrial surface; B, tentacular armature, internal surface; C, tentacular armature, bothrial surface. 
Fig. 13. Line drawings of individual tentacular hooks of Sphyriocephalus viridis fromCentroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello from the Mediterranean Sea off Majorca and Barcelona, Spain. A, basal individual hooks. Upper figures showhooks on antibothrial and bothrial surfaces,while lower figures showhooks on internal and external surfaces (hooks of
internal surface are shown on upper level; hooks of external surface are shown on lower level); B, individual hooks on metabasal tentacular armature. Left figures on each tentacular surface show hooks on transition area from basal to metabasal region, while right figures on each tentacular surface show hooks on metabasal region. 
Fig. 11. Scanning electron micrographs of Sphyriocephalus viridis from Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre) from theMediterranean Sea off Dellys, Algeria. A, scolex, lateral view; B, pars bothrialis, detailed view; C, basal tometabasal tentacular armature, antibothrial surface; D, egg; E, segments of mature strobila; F, proximal to distalmetabasal tentacular armature, external surface; G, basal and metabasal tentacular armature, antibothrial surface. 
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