Heteronybelinia, Palm, 1999

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Heteronybelinia with basal hooks smaller than

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metabasal hooks (subgroup II of Palm et al. 1997). Heteronybelinia annakohnae n. sp. differs from these by lacking basal “serpe à bec” or recurvate hooks as are found in H. nipponica ( Yamaguti, 1952) , and H. yamagutii ( Dollfus, 1960) . Heteronybelinia annakohnae n. sp. and H. robusta ( Linton, 1890) are the only species in this genus in which the bothridia almost completely overlap the bulbs. The new species differs from H. robusta by having a shorter scolex, by having a dilated appendix, and by the comparative onchotaxy.