Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Cestoda > Subclass Nephroposticophora > Subclass Eucestoda > Order Trypanorhyncha > Suborder Trypanobatoida > Superfamily Tentacularioidea > Family Sphyriocephalidae > Genus Hepatoxylon

Hepatoxylon trichiuri (Holten, 1802) Dollfus, 1942

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hepatoxylon*	Bosc, 1811	accepted genus name
*Dibothriorhynchus*	Blainville, 1828	synonym

Species group names

*Dibothriorhynchus stenocephala*	Guiart, 1935	synonym
*Echinorhynchus trichiuri*	Holten, 1802	synonym
*Hepatoxylon squali*	Bosc, 1811	synonym
*Hepatoxylon stenocephala*	(Guiart, 1935)	synonym
*Tetrarhynchus discophorus*	Rudolphi, 1819	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	Lethbridge, R. C., Potter, I. C., Bray, R. A., Hilliard, R. W. (1983). The presence of helminths in a Southern Hemisphere lamprey (Geotria australis Gray), with a discussion of the significance of feeding mechanisms in lampreys in relation to the acquisition of parasites. Acta Zoologica. 64, 79–83.
additional source	Santoro, M., M. Palomba, S. Mattiucci, D. Osca & F. Crocetta. (2020). New Parasite Records for the Sunfish Mola mola in the Mediterranean Sea and Their Potential Use as Biological Tags for Long-Distance Host Migration. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7:1-8.
additional source	Bennett, J.; Poulin, R.; Presswell, B. (2022). Annotated checklist and genetic data for parasitic helminths infecting New Zealand marine invertebrates. Invertebrate Biology. 141(3): e12380.
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.
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. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária. v. 13, n. 2 , p. 73-80.