Tapeworm Species Details

Nybelinia herdmani Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Trypanorhyncha: Tentaculariidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5086
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Tentaculariidae
Subfamily
Genus Nybelinia
Species herdmani
Authority Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrarhyncus herdmani
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Type Species 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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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
08/03/2012Modified
05/19/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Rajiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species walga
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Trygon
Species walga
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Trygon walga, Rhyncobatus djeddensis
Site in Host alimentary canal
Host Notes did not designate a type host, but was found in Trygon walga first

Type Locality

Country Ceylon
Body of Water Gulf of Mannar
Island(s)
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Specimens

Type Material
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.