MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Tergestia acanthocephala (Stossich, 1887) Stossich, 1899

WoRMS name details

Tergestia acanthocephala (Stossich, 1887) Stossich, 1899

AphiaID

109221 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109221)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Superseded combination)

Accepted name

Theledera acanthocephala (Stossich, 1887) Bray & Gibson, 1980

Rank

Species

Parent

Tergestia Stossich, 1899

Synonymised names

Distomum acanthocephalum Stossich, 1887 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Type data

Type locality contained in Adriatic Sea

type locality contained in Adriatic Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Tergestia acanthocephala (Stossich, 1887) Stossich, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109221 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gibson, David

2013-07-10 08:20:50Z

changed

Gibson, David

2019-04-18 15:49:49Z

changed

Gibson, David

2019-08-12 08:14:25Z

changed

Bray, Rod

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]

new combination reference Stossich, M. (1899). La sezione degli Echinostomi. Bolletino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali in Trieste. 19: 11-16.
page(s): 16 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Châari, M.; Derbel, H.; Neifar, L. (2016). Morphometrics and levels of infections of digeneans in belonid fish species off the coast of Tunisia. Journal of Helminthology. 90 (5): 523–532., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x15000644
page(s): 526 [details]

redescription Bartoli, P.; Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I. (2003). Lecithostaphylus retroflexus (Molin, 1859) (Zoogonidae) and Tergestia acanthocephala (Stossich, 1887) (Fellodistomidae) (Digenea) from the epipelagic teleost Belone belone (L.) in the western Mediterranean. Systematic Parasitology. 54(2): 131-143., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1022549222774
page(s): 136 [details]

redescription Odhner, T. (1911). Zum naturlichen System der digenen Trematoden. III. (Ein weitere Fall von sekundärum Anus). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 38: 97-117.
page(s): 114 [details]

redescription Skrjabin, K. I., Koval, V. P. (1957). Family Fellodistomatidae Nicoll, 1913. Osnovy Trematodologii. 13: 163-452. (In Russian).
page(s): 433 [details]

Other

additional source Dawes, B. (1947). The Trematoda of British Fishes. Ray Society, London. 364 pp.
page(s): 268 [details]

additional source Kacem, H.; Ndiaye, P.; Neifar, L.; Torres, J.; Miquel, J. (2015). Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of the digenean Tergestia acanthocephala (Stossich, 1887) (Gymnophalloidea: Fellodistomidae): An intestinal parasite of Belone belone gracilis (Pisces: Teleostei). Tissue and Cell. 47 (3): 235–241., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tice.2015.01.008
page(s): 235 [details]