Tapeworm Species Details

Heteronybelinia overstreeti Palm, 2004
Trypanorhyncha: Tentaculariidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4867
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Tentaculariidae
Subfamily
Genus Heteronybelinia
Species overstreeti
Authority Palm, 2004
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Palm, H. W. 2004. The Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863. PKSPL-IPB Press, Bogor, 710 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/07/2015Modified
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
05/29/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
07/27/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
11/15/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
09/11/2020ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Carcharhinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Carcharhinus
Species limbatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Carcharhinus
Species limbatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) plerocercoids in Pseudupeneus maculatus (NE Brazil) (in Palm, 1997 & Palm, 2004)
Site in Host stomach and spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Gulf of Mexico
Island(s)
City/Region Tampa Bay, Florida
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Northeastern Brazil (plerocercoids from Pseudupeneus maculatus, reported in Palm, 1997 & Palm, 2004); "off Mississippi" (adults from shark, reported in Palm, 2004)
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material BMNH 2000.8.31.2 (holotype), BMNH 2000.8.31.3 (paratype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.