Tapeworm Species Details

Nybelinia aequidentata (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Dollfus, 1930
Trypanorhyncha: Tentaculariidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4899
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Tentaculariidae
Subfamily
Genus Nybelinia
Species aequidentata
Authority (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Dollfus, 1930
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus equidentatus Shipley & Hornell, 1906; Acoleorhynchus equidentatus (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Poche, 1926
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Shipley, A. E. and J. Hornell. 1906. Report on the cestode and nematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar (Herdman), Part 5 5: 43-96.

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Dollfus, R.-P. 1930. Sur les Tetrarhynques (2e Contribution) (Dibothriorhynchus, Sphyriocephala, Tentacularia, Nybelinia). Memoires de la Societe Zoologique de France 29: 139-216.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Pintner (1927) altered the spelling of the specific epithet from equidentatus to aequidentatus, presumably on grammatical grounds, so that the name referred to “equally dentate” rather than to an equine connotation. An explanation is given by Dollfus (1929, p. 337, footnote 1), explaining that the original spelling was a lapsus.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/07/2015Modified
05/19/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
05/26/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
06/04/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species walga
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Brevitrygon
Species imbricata?
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes [Lepturacanthus savala] Dendrochirus zebra as additional host in Palm and Beveridge (2002) (postlarva).

Type Locality

Country Sri Lanka
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Ceylon Pearl Banks
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes [India] Noumea, New Caledonia, as additional locality in Palm and Beveridge (2002).

Specimens

Type Material NMW 2165 (holotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes QM G 218031 as voucher for postlarva in Palm and Beveridge (2002).
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.