Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Cestoda > Subclass Nephroposticophora > Subclass Eucestoda > Order Trypanorhyncha > Suborder Trypanoselachoida > Superfamily Gymnorhynchoidea > Family Gymnorhynchidae > Genus Gymnorhynchus

Gymnorhynchus gigas (Cuvier, 1817) Rudolphi, 1819

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gymnorhynchus*	Rudolphi, 1819	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Gymnorhynchus reptans*	Rudolphi, 1819	synonym
*Scolex gigas*	Cuvier, 1817	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Bray, R.A. (2001). Cestoda, 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. 146-149
additional source	Ghosh, A.; Sreeraj, C. R. (2023). Fauna of India Checklist: Platyhelminthes. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. 49 pp.