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Gymnorhynchus malleus Southwell, 1929
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6066
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
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Genus Gymnorhynchus
Species malleus
Authority Southwell, 1929
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Pterobothrium lintoni (MacCallum, 1916)
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Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By , I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

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. 1996. Revision of the family Pterobothriidae Pintner, 1931 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 617-662.

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Scientific Name Notes This combination is a lapsus In the synonymy in Campbell & Beveridge (1996). It shoukd have read: Gymnorhynchus malleus (Linton, 1924) of Southwell, 1929

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/28/2010 Created B. Barbeau
05/07/2015Modified
05/31/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/12/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

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Additional Host(s) Dasyatis kuhlii (spiral valve) Pteroplatea micrura
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Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water Indian Ocean
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City/Region Ceylon Pearl Banks
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.