Species Gyrocotyle maxima MacDonagh, 1927
- Gyrocotyle maxima MacDonagh, E.J. 1927. Parásitos de peces comistibles. III. Dos cestodarios : Gyrocotyle rugosa del "Pez Gallo" y Gyrocotyle maxima n.sp. del "Gatuso". La Semana Médica 34: 1232-1235 [1234].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, South America.Type host:
Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821 [TRIAKIDAE] (note: this species does not occur in South America) - Amphiptyches urna Grube, A.-E. & Wagener, G.R. 1852. Enthelminthica. III. Ueber einen neuen in der Chimaera monstrosa gefundenen Eingeweidewurm, Amphityches urna Gr. er Wag. Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medecin 1852: 543-550.
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Italy.Type host:
Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 [CHIMAERIDAE]
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bandoni, S.M. & Brooks, D.R. 1987. Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Gyrocotylidae Poche, 1926 (Platyhelminthes: Cercomeria: Cercomeromorphae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 65: 2369-2389 (synonymy of G. urna sensu Spencer, 1889 with G. maxima)
Distribution
States
South Australia
IMCRA
Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: G. Aust. Bight, S Gulfs coast
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Callorhinchus milii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823 [CALLORHINCHIDAE] Elephantfish (definitive)).
Note
Johnston (1943) listed Gyrocotyle urna as a second species found in C. milii, and G. urna sensu Spencer (1889) as a synonym of G. rugosa.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 20-May-2023 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 26-Nov-2015 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED |