Cestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 4881 |
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| Order | Trypanorhyncha |
| Family | Tentaculariidae |
| Subfamily | |
| Genus | Mixonybelinia |
| Species | southwelli |
| Authority | (Palm & Walter, 1999) Palm, 1999 |
| Taxonomic Status | Valid |
| Valid Name | |
| Synonyms | Tetrarhynchus bisulcatus Linton, 1889 (of Linton 1924); Nybelinia perideraeus (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) (of Southwell 1924, 1929, 1930); Nybelinia southwelli Palm & Walter, 1999 |
| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | No |
| Verified | No |
| Verified By | |
| Citation(s) |
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. (4368) Download PDFPalm, H. W. and T. Walter. 1999. Nybelinia southwelli sp. nov. (Cestoda, Trypanorhyncha) with a re-description of N. perideraeus (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) and the synonymy of N. herdmani (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) with Kotorella pronosoma (Stossich, 1901). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Zoology series) 65: 123-131. (4371) Download PDF |
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Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 11/30/-0001 | Created | B. Barbeau, I. Beveridge |
| 05/07/2015 | Modified | |
| 05/30/2017 | Modified | K. Herzog |
| 06/09/2017 | Modified | K. Herzog |
Type Host
| Host Class | Elasmobranchii | ||||||
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| Host Order | Rhinopristiformes | ||||||
| Host Family | Rhinidae | ||||||
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| Additional Host(s) | Nebrius ferrugineus | ||||||
| Site in Host | [not given] | ||||||
| Host Notes | Type host not designated, but holotype from R. ancylostoma |
Type Locality
| Country | Sri Lanka |
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| Body of Water | Indian Ocean |
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| Locality Notes | Type locality not designated, but holotype from Sri Lanka. |
Specimens
| Type Material | BMNH 1977.11.4.7 (holotype), 1977.11.4.8-9 (paratypes) |
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| Total Number of Type Specimens | 1 holotype, 2 slides of paratypes |
| Voucher Material | BMNH 1977.11.11.38 |
| Specimen Notes |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Global Cestode Database
Fig. 1 Scolex of Nybelinia southwelli sp. nov. from Nebriusferrugineus.
Scale bar=150 μm.
Fig. 2a-c Nybelinia southwelli sp. nov. a. homeomorphous basal
tentacular armature, external surface. b. metabasal tentacular armature,
external surface. c. basal (i), metabasal (ii) and apical (iii) tentacular hooks. Scale bar=20 μm.
Fig. 3a-c Strobila of Nybelinia southwelli sp. nov. a. acraspedote arrangement of the proglottids with characteristic convex margins. b. mature proglottid
with the large cirrus sac and oviform testes. c. gravid proglottid. Scale bar b=lOO μm and scale bar c=llO μm.
Palm (1999) pg. 151 

