WoRMS taxon details
Tentacularia coryphaenae Bosc, 1802
105386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105386)
accepted
Species
Abothros carcharias Welch, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bothriocephalus bicolor Bartels in von Nordmann, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Echinorhynchus conicus Zeder, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Echinorhynchus hippuris Zeder, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Echinorhynchus quadricornis Goeze (Bosc, 1797) · unaccepted (synonym)
Echinorhynchus quadrirostris Goeze, 1782 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nybelinia lamontae Nigrelli, 1938 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhynchobothrius rugosus Leuckart, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tentacularia bicolor (Bartels in von Nordmann, 1832) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tentacularia boscii Cuvier (Guerin-Meneville, 1829-1844) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tentacularia doradis Bosc (de Blainville, 1828) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Tetrarhynchus appendiculatus Rudolphi, 1809 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tetrarhynchus bicolor (Bartels in von Nordmann, 1832) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tetrarhynchus macrobothrius Rudolphi, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tetrarhynchus megabothrius Rudolphi, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tetrarhynchus papillosus Rudolphi, 1809 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184 [details] 
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); southwestern slope of NL. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Tentacularia coryphaenae Bosc, 1802. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105386 on 2025-06-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184 [details]
original description (of Abothros carcharias Welch, 1876) Welch, F. H. (1876). The anatomy of two parasitic forms of the family Tetrarhynchidae. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> (60-62), v. 12: 329–342.
page(s): 337 [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Cestoda, <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. 146-149 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Abothros carcharias Welch, 1876) Welch, F. H. (1876). The anatomy of two parasitic forms of the family Tetrarhynchidae. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> (60-62), v. 12: 329–342.
page(s): 337 [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Cestoda, <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. 146-149 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Knoff, M.; São Clemente, S. C. de; Pinto, R. M.; Lanfredi, R. M.; Gomes, D. C. (2004). New records and expanded descriptions of Tentacularia coryphaenae and Hepatoxylon trichiuri homeacanth trypanorhynchs (Eucestoda) from carcharhinid sharks from the state of Santa Catarina off-shore, Brazil. <em>Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária.</em> v. 13, n. 2 , p. 73-80. [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Rees, G. (1969). Cestodes from Bermuda fishes and an account of Acompsocephalum tortum (Linton, 1905) gen. nov. from the Lizard Fish Synodus intermedius (Agassiz). Parasitology, 59: 519-548 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details]
additional source Palm, H. W.; Haseli, M. (2023). Tentaculariids (Cestoda, Trypanorhyncha) of elasmobranchs from Malaysian Borneo. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 45(18)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a18 [details]
additional source Nguyen, H.-H. T.; Van Nguyen, H.; Van Hien, H.; Chinh, N. N.; Truong, V. T. T.; Van Kim, V.; Hoai, T. D.; Duc, P. P.; Greiman, S. E.; Nguyen, H. M. (2024). Marine fish parasites in the Cat Ba Archipelago, Vietnam: the results of 2010-2023 field surveys. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 101(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-023-10145-w [details]
additional source Ghosh, A.; Sreeraj, C. R. (2023). Fauna of India Checklist: Platyhelminthes. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.</em> 49 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/fauna/1/2023/platyhelminthes [details]
context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details]
additional source Palm, H. W.; Haseli, M. (2023). Tentaculariids (Cestoda, Trypanorhyncha) of elasmobranchs from Malaysian Borneo. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 45(18)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a18 [details]
additional source Nguyen, H.-H. T.; Van Nguyen, H.; Van Hien, H.; Chinh, N. N.; Truong, V. T. T.; Van Kim, V.; Hoai, T. D.; Duc, P. P.; Greiman, S. E.; Nguyen, H. M. (2024). Marine fish parasites in the Cat Ba Archipelago, Vietnam: the results of 2010-2023 field surveys. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 101(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-023-10145-w [details]
additional source Ghosh, A.; Sreeraj, C. R. (2023). Fauna of India Checklist: Platyhelminthes. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.</em> 49 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/fauna/1/2023/platyhelminthes [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); southwestern slope of NL. [details]Habitat endoparasite found in Salmo salar [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tentacularia bicolor (Bartels in von Nordmann, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tetrarhynchus megabothrius Rudolphi, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Abothros carcharias Welch, 1876)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tentacularia coryphaenae)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Nybelinia lamontae Nigrelli, 1938)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tentacularia bicolor (Bartels in von Nordmann, 1832))
To PESI (from synonym Tetrarhynchus megabothrius Rudolphi, 1819)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (6 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 094664)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tetrarhynchus megabothrius Rudolphi, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Abothros carcharias Welch, 1876)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tentacularia coryphaenae)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Nybelinia lamontae Nigrelli, 1938)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tentacularia bicolor (Bartels in von Nordmann, 1832))
To PESI (from synonym Tetrarhynchus megabothrius Rudolphi, 1819)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (6 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 094664)
