Tapeworm Species Details

Grillotia (Christianella) longispinis (Linton, 1890) Beveridge & Campbell, 2010
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 8623
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Grillotia (Christianella)
Species longispinis
Authority (Linton, 1890) Beveridge & Campbell, 2010
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Rhynchobothrium longispine Linton, 1890
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Linton, E. 1890. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England, with descriptions of several new species. Part II. United States Commision of Fish and Fisheries. Part XV. Report of the Commissioner for 1887 15: 718-899.

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Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 2010. Validation of Christianella Guiart, 1931 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) and its taxonomic relationship with Grillotia Guiart, 1927. Systematic Parasitology 76: 111-129.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Originally described as Rhynchobothrium longispine Linton, 1890. Moved to the genus Tentacularia by Southwell (1929). Moved to the genus Grillotia and subgenus Christianella by Beveridge & Campbell (2010).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/26/2012 Created B. Barbeau
05/07/2015Modified
05/21/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/05/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
06/06/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
07/27/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
08/03/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species centrura
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bathytoshia
Species centroura
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Southwell, 1929 reports this taxa from "Dasybatus walga" (= Himantura walga as now-valid name) from Pearl Banks, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Beveridge & Campbell (2010) examined a plerocerus from Microgadus tomcod from Woods Hole (USNPC 7707).

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Southwell, 1929 reports this taxa from "Dasybatus walga" (= Himantura walga as now-valid name) from Pearl Banks, Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Beveridge & Campbell (2010) examined a plerocerus from Microgadus tomcod from Woods Hole (USNPC 7707)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.