WoRMS taxon details
Gonocerca macroformis Wolfgang & Myers, 1954
726250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:726250)
accepted
Species
marine
Wolfgang, R. W.; Myers, B. J. (1954). Gonocerca macroformis sp. nov. (Derogenetinae : Hemiuridae) from the ovary of the cod. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 32(1): 25-29., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z54-005
page(s): 25 [details]
page(s): 25 [details]
Type locality contained in Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves
type locality contained in Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves [details]
Taxonomy With the exception of a single specimen that Zubchenko (1981a: also mentioned in 1981b) claimed to have found in...
Taxonomy With the exception of a single specimen that Zubchenko (1981a: also mentioned in 1981b) claimed to have found in Coryphaenoides rupestris off Labrador (listed as a synonym of G. phycidis), there is only the original record of G. macroformis from the "ovary" of "cod" (Gadus morhua), "witch" (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), and "plaice flounder" (Hippoglossoides platessoides) in Newfoundland waters. Considering the numbers of these common species that must have been examined, it is somewhat surprising that it has not been seen again. Nevertheless, I have retained this species as distinct in view of its unusual site and large size, but its validity requires confirmation. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Gonocerca macroformis Wolfgang & Myers, 1954. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=726250 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Wolfgang, R. W.; Myers, B. J. (1954). Gonocerca macroformis sp. nov. (Derogenetinae : Hemiuridae) from the ovary of the cod. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 32(1): 25-29., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z54-005
page(s): 25 [details]
taxonomy source Gibson, D.I. (1996) Guide to the parasites of Canadian fishes. Part IV. Trematoda. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 373 pp. [details]
redescription Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. H. (1955). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch, 1951) Skrjabin et Guschanskaja, 1954. Part 3. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 11, 465-748. (In Russian).
page(s): 730 [details]
page(s): 25 [details]
taxonomy source Gibson, D.I. (1996) Guide to the parasites of Canadian fishes. Part IV. Trematoda. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 373 pp. [details]
redescription Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. H. (1955). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch, 1951) Skrjabin et Guschanskaja, 1954. Part 3. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 11, 465-748. (In Russian).
page(s): 730 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy With the exception of a single specimen that Zubchenko (1981a: also mentioned in 1981b) claimed to have found in Coryphaenoides rupestris off Labrador (listed as a synonym of G. phycidis), there is only the original record of G. macroformis from the "ovary" of "cod" (Gadus morhua), "witch" (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), and "plaice flounder" (Hippoglossoides platessoides) in Newfoundland waters. Considering the numbers of these common species that must have been examined, it is somewhat surprising that it has not been seen again. Nevertheless, I have retained this species as distinct in view of its unusual site and large size, but its validity requires confirmation. [details]
