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Heteronybelinia robusta (Linton, 1890) Palm, 1999
Trypanorhyncha: Tentaculariidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4869
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Tentaculariidae
Subfamily
Genus Heteronybelinia
Species robusta
Authority (Linton, 1890) Palm, 1999
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus robustum Linton, 1890; Nybelinia robusta (Linton, 1890) Dollfus, 1930
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Linton, E. 1890. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England, with descriptions of several new species. Part II. United States Commision of Fish and Fisheries. Part XV. Report of the Commissioner for 1887 15: 718-899.

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Palm, H. W. 1999. Nybelinia Poche, 1926, Heteronybelinia gen. nov. and Myxonebelinia gen. nov. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Zoology series) 65(2): 133-153.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Palm (1999) does not indicate this as a new combination but given that he erects Heteronybelinia in this paper, it is the first use of this combination.

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
06/26/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species centrura
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bathytoshia
Species centroura
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host stomach and pylorus
Host Notes Carcharhinus limbatus as additional host in Palm (1999). [Mustelus asterias]

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes South Africa (Palm, 1999)

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes USNPC 7727 (from Linton, 1924); BMNH 1976.1 1.5.42-43 (in Palm, 1999)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.