WoRMS taxon details
Erpocotyle sphyrnae (MacCallum, 1931) Price, 1942
119697 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119697)
accepted
Species
Squalonchocotyle sphyrnae MacCallum, 1931 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
marine
(of Squalonchocotyle sphyrnae MacCallum, 1931) MacCallum, G. A. (1931). Four new species of trematode worms of the subfamily Onchocotylinae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 79, (2892), 1–8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.79-2892.1 [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy
type locality contained in Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy [details]
WoRMS (2026). Erpocotyle sphyrnae (MacCallum, 1931) Price, 1942. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119697 on 2026-03-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Squalonchocotyle sphyrnae MacCallum, 1931) MacCallum, G. A. (1931). Four new species of trematode worms of the subfamily Onchocotylinae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 79, (2892), 1–8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.79-2892.1 [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Price, E. W. (1942). North American monogenetic trematodes. V. The family Hexabothriidae, n. n . (Polystomatoidea). <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 9 (2), 39-56. [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Price, E. W. (1942). North American monogenetic trematodes. V. The family Hexabothriidae, n. n . (Polystomatoidea). <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 9 (2), 39-56. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Yamaguti, S. (1968). Monogenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. <em>University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.</em> 287 pp. [details]
redescription Dalrymple, K. M.; De Buron, I.; Hill-Spanik, K. M.; Galloway, A. S.; Barker, A.; Portnoy, D. S.; Frazier, B. S.; Boeger, W. A. (2022). Hexabothriidae and Monocotylidae (Monogenoidea) from the gills of neonate hammerhead sharks (Sphyrnidae) <i>Sphyrna gilberti</i>, <i>Sphyrna lewini,</i> and their hybrids from the western North Atlantic ocean. <em>Parasitology.</em> 1-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182022001007 [details]
redescription Price, E. W. (1942). North American monogenetic trematodes. V. The family Hexabothriidae, n. n . (Polystomatoidea). <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 9 (2), 39-56. [details]
redescription Dalrymple, K. M.; De Buron, I.; Hill-Spanik, K. M.; Galloway, A. S.; Barker, A.; Portnoy, D. S.; Frazier, B. S.; Boeger, W. A. (2022). Hexabothriidae and Monocotylidae (Monogenoidea) from the gills of neonate hammerhead sharks (Sphyrnidae) <i>Sphyrna gilberti</i>, <i>Sphyrna lewini,</i> and their hybrids from the western North Atlantic ocean. <em>Parasitology.</em> 1-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182022001007 [details]
redescription Price, E. W. (1942). North American monogenetic trematodes. V. The family Hexabothriidae, n. n . (Polystomatoidea). <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 9 (2), 39-56. [details]
Other
additional source
Hendrix, S. S. (1994). Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States: Platyhelminthes, Monogenea. <em>NOAA technical Reports NMFS.</em> 121. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Erpocotyle sphyrnae)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Squalonchocotyle sphyrnae MacCallum, 1931)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Erpocotyle sphyrnae)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Squalonchocotyle sphyrnae MacCallum, 1931)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
