WoRMS taxon details

Dihemistephanus fragilis (Linton, 1900) Yamaguti, 1971

727334  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:727334)

accepted
Species
Distomum fragile Linton, 1900 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Stenocollum fragile (Linton, 1900) Stafford, 1904 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
marine
(of Distomum fragile Linton, 1900) Linton, E. (1900). Fish parasites collected at Woods Hole in 1898. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 19:267-304.
page(s): 295 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Type locality contained in Virginian  
type locality contained in Virginian [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomic remark I have followed Dollfus (1960) in considering Dihemistephanus fragilis a synonym of D. lydiae. Dollfus showed how badly...  
Taxonomic remark I have followed Dollfus (1960) in considering Dihemistephanus fragilis a synonym of D. lydiae. Dollfus showed how badly preserved specimens of D. lydiae resemble descriptions of D. fragilis. Yamaguti (1971) did not agree and recognized D. fragilis based on differences in the number of oral spines: in view of the fact that these are easily lost and often difficult to count, this requires confirmation. As demonstrated by the accacoeliids, the trematode fauna of Mola mola is similar on both sides of the Atlantic. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Dihemistephanus fragilis (Linton, 1900) Yamaguti, 1971. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=727334 on 2024-04-19
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original description  (of Distomum fragile Linton, 1900) Linton, E. (1900). Fish parasites collected at Woods Hole in 1898. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 19:267-304.
page(s): 295 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Threlfall, W. (1967). Some parasites recovered from the ocean sunfish, Mola mola (L.) in Newfoundland. Canadian Field-Naturalist, Ottawa 81:168-172, fig. 1, tabs. 1-2. (vii/ix-1967)
page(s): 168 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

source of synonymy Gibson, D.I. (1996) Guide to the parasites of Canadian fishes. Part IV. Trematoda. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 373 pp.
note: Syn. of D. lydiae. [details]   

new combination reference Yamaguti, S. (1971). Synopsis of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates. 2 Vols. <em>Keigaku Publishing Co., Tokyo.</em> pp. 1-1074.
page(s): 154 [details]   

status source Dollfus, R. P. (1960). Transformation de Dihemistephanus lydiae (M. Stossich, 1896) A. Looss, 1901 en Stenocollum fragile (Edwin Linton, 1900) J. Stafford, 1904 par maceration. <em>Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee.</em> 35: 528–537.
page(s): 433; note: synonym of D. lydiae [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Taxonomic remark I have followed Dollfus (1960) in considering Dihemistephanus fragilis a synonym of D. lydiae. Dollfus showed how badly preserved specimens of D. lydiae resemble descriptions of D. fragilis. Yamaguti (1971) did not agree and recognized D. fragilis based on differences in the number of oral spines: in view of the fact that these are easily lost and often difficult to count, this requires confirmation. As demonstrated by the accacoeliids, the trematode fauna of Mola mola is similar on both sides of the Atlantic. [details]