North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Hepatoxylon Bosc, 1811

AphiaID

105068 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105068)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Hepatoxylon squali Bosc, 1811 accepted as Hepatoxylon trichiuri (Holten, 1802) Dollfus, 1942 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Sphyriocephalidae Pintner, 1913

Direct children (4)

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Species Hepatoxylon megacephalum (Rudolphi, 1819) Dollfus, 1942
Species Hepatoxylon trichiuri (Holten, 1802) Dollfus, 1942
Species Hepatoxylon squali Bosc, 1811 accepted as Hepatoxylon trichiuri (Holten, 1802) Dollfus, 1942 (synonym)
Species Hepatoxylon stenocephala (Guiart, 1935) accepted as Hepatoxylon trichiuri (Holten, 1802) Dollfus, 1942 (synonym)

Environment

marine, fresh

Grammatical gender

neuter

Original description

Bosc, L.A.G. (1811). Sur deux nouveaux genres de vers. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomatique de Paris,. An. 4 (51), v. 2, pp. 269-270. [details]

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2026). Hepatoxylon Bosc, 1811. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/10.1017/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105068 on 2026-04-04

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Hepatoxylon Bosc, 1811. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=105068 on 2026-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bray, Rod

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-08-19 09:40:21Z

checked

Bray, Rod

2018-02-24 15:13:45Z

changed

Bray, Rod

2022-06-21 20:08:01Z

changed

Gibson, David

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original description Bosc, L.A.G. (1811). Sur deux nouveaux genres de vers. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomatique de Paris,. An. 4 (51), v. 2, pp. 269-270. [details]

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. Neotropical Helminthology. 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors

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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Definitions

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