Family GRILLOTIIDAE Dollfus, 1969
Introduction
The subfamily Grillotiinae was erected by Dollfus (1942) within the Lacistorhynchidae and was elevated to family status by him in 1969, without definition. The family was formally defined by Campbell & Beveridge (1993). It is characterised by the possession of two bothridia and a band of hooks on the external surface of the tentacle (Campbell & Beveridge 1994).
It is represented by two genera, Grillotia and Pseudogrillotia, in Australian fishes.
General References
Campbell, R.A. & Beveridge, I. 1993. New species of Grillotia and Pseudogrillotia (Cestoda : Trypanorhyncha) from Australian sharks, and definition of the family Grillotiidae Dollfus, 1969. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 117: 37-46
Campbell, R.A. & Beveridge, I. 1994. Order Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863. pp. 51-148 in Khalil, L.F., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. (eds). Keys to the Cestode Parasites of Vertebrates. Wallingford, UK : Commonwealth Agriculture Bureaux International 751 pp.
Dollfus, R.-Ph. 1942. Etudes critiques sur les tétrarhynques du Museum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 19: 1-466
Dollfus, R.-Ph. 1969. Quelques espèces de cestodes tétrarhynques de la côte Atlantique des Etats Unis, dont l'une n'était pas connue à l'état adulte. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 26: 1037-1061