WoRMS taxon details
Prosorhynchoides gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Stunkard, 1976
109161 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109161)
accepted
Species
Bucephaloides gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Hopkins, 1954 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Bucephalopsis gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Nicoll, 1914 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bucephalus gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Pratt, 1916 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Distoma gracilescens Rudolphi, 1819 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Gasterostomum gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Wagener, 1852 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Prosorhynchus gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Linton, 1940 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
marine
(of Distoma gracilescens Rudolphi, 1819) Rudolphi, C. A. (1819). Entozoorum Synopsis cui Accedunt Mantissa Duplex et Indices Locupletissimi. Berolini: Augusti Rücker. ix + 811 pp., pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9698017
page(s): 111, 409 [details]
page(s): 111, 409 [details]
Type locality contained in Adriatic Sea
type locality contained in Adriatic Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Pugachev (2003) lists this species as occurring in freshwater fishes (mainly salmonids) in Northern Asia.
Distribution Pugachev (2003) lists this species as occurring in freshwater fishes (mainly salmonids) in Northern Asia. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Prosorhynchoides gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Stunkard, 1976. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109161 on 2025-06-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Distoma gracilescens Rudolphi, 1819) Rudolphi, C. A. (1819). Entozoorum Synopsis cui Accedunt Mantissa Duplex et Indices Locupletissimi. Berolini: Augusti Rücker. ix + 811 pp., pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9698017
page(s): 111, 409 [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <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. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Stunkard, H. W. (1976). The life cycles, intermediate hosts, and larval stages of Rhipidocotyle transversale Chandler, 1935 and Rhipidocotyle lintoni Hopkins, 1954: life cycles and systematics of bucephalid trematodes. <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 150(2): 294-317., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1540476
page(s): 306 [details]
page(s): 111, 409 [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <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. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Stunkard, H. W. (1976). The life cycles, intermediate hosts, and larval stages of Rhipidocotyle transversale Chandler, 1935 and Rhipidocotyle lintoni Hopkins, 1954: life cycles and systematics of bucephalid trematodes. <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 150(2): 294-317., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1540476
page(s): 306 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Bartoli, P.; Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (2006). Prosorhynchoides gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from Lophius piscatorius L. is a species complex: a redescription of this species (sensu stricto) from the western Mediterranean and the description of P. borealis n. sp. from the northern North-East Atlantic. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 63(3): 201-219., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-005-9013-7
page(s): 211 [details]
redescription Reimer, L. W. (1985). Bucephalidae (Digenea) aus Fischen der Küste von Moçambique. <em>Angewandte Parasitologie.</em> 26: 13-26.
page(s): 23 [details]
page(s): 211 [details]
redescription Reimer, L. W. (1985). Bucephalidae (Digenea) aus Fischen der Küste von Moçambique. <em>Angewandte Parasitologie.</em> 26: 13-26.
page(s): 23 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Køie, M. (2000). Metazoan parasites of teleost fishes from atlantic waters off the Faroe Islands. <em>Ophelia.</em> 52(1): 25-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785236.1999.10409417
page(s): 28 [details]
additional source Radujkovic, B.; Sundic, D. (2014). Parasitic flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda) of fishes from the Adriatic Sea. <em>Natura Montenegrina.</em> 13 (1):7–280., available online at https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.1401.5448
page(s): 68 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Køie, M. (2000). Metazoan parasites of teleost fishes from atlantic waters off the Faroe Islands. <em>Ophelia.</em> 52(1): 25-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785236.1999.10409417
page(s): 28 [details]
additional source Radujkovic, B.; Sundic, D. (2014). Parasitic flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda) of fishes from the Adriatic Sea. <em>Natura Montenegrina.</em> 13 (1):7–280., available online at https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.1401.5448
page(s): 68 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Pugachev (2003) lists this species as occurring in freshwater fishes (mainly salmonids) in Northern Asia. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bucephaloides gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Hopkins, 1954)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Bucephalopsis gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Nicoll, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prosorhynchoides gracilescens)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (4 records) (from synonym Prosorhynchus gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Linton, 1940)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (5 records) (from synonym Bucephalopsis gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Nicoll, 1914)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Bucephalopsis gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Nicoll, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prosorhynchoides gracilescens)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (4 records) (from synonym Prosorhynchus gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Linton, 1940)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (5 records) (from synonym Bucephalopsis gracilescens (Rudolphi, 1819) Nicoll, 1914)
To ITIS
