Tapeworm Species Details

Grillotia musculicola (Yamaguti, 1934) Yamaguti, 1959
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5910
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Grillotia
Species musculicola
Authority (Yamaguti, 1934) Yamaguti, 1959
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Pintneriella musculicola Yamaguti, 1934
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By , I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Yamaguti, S. 1934. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 4. Cestodes of fishes. Japanese Journal of Zoology 6: 1-112.

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Yamaguti, S. 1959. Systema Helminthum. Vol. II. The Cestodes of Vertebrates. Keigaku Publishing House, Tokyo, 860 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes For all additional details, see Pintneriella musculicola.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/21/2010 Created B. Barbeau
05/07/2015Modified
05/24/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/27/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/04/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Serranidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Epinephelus
Species akaara
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Epinephelus
Species akaara
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Pagrosomus unicolor
Site in Host musculature
Host Notes Type host not originally designated by Yamaguti (1934)- described as being "found free in the flesh of Pagrosomus unicolor and Epinephelus akaara". Additional hosts from redescriptions: Epinephelus chlorostigma (larvae), Carcharias taurus (adult)

Type Locality

Country Japan
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Tarumi, Kobe
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Additional localities from redescriptions: Queensland, Australia; Gulf of Oman

Specimens

Type Material not given (see note)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material SAM AHC 28414-6 (adults, vouchers, from redescription by Beveridge & Campbell, 2003)
Specimen Notes "Specimens of Pintneriella musculicola described by Yamaguti (1934, 1952) were borrowed from the Meguro Parasitological Museum, Tokyo (MPM). These consisted of a paratype (22867), a plerocercus with no tentacles everted, from Chrysophyrys auratus and two additional specimens (22869) used in the redescription 74 of the species by Yamaguti (1952)." - Beveridge & Campbell, 2000
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.