Heteronybelinia estigmena ( Dollfus, 1960 )

Jr, Joaber Pereira & Boeger, Walter A., 2005, Larval tapeworms (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda) from sciaenid fishes of the southern coast of Brazil, Zoosystema 27 (1), pp. 5-25 : 10

Heteronybelinia estigmena ( Dollfus, 1960)

( Fig. 2 D-F)

HOST. — Cynoscion jamaicensis (NH) (IGD) (LH = 26.2-27.0; P = 3.33; MI = 1.0; MA = 3.03).

SITE OF INFECTION. — Coelomic cavity.

SPECIMENS DEPOSITED. — CHIOC 33796; MNHN- C-IX-144 (JJ 1384-3-1).

DESCRIPTION (based on two specimens)

Scolex craspedote 1.01-1.10 long, bothridia 0.48-0.58 long, overlapping apices of bulbs. Maximum width 0.30-0.40, at level of the posterior portion of bothridia. Bulbs 0.26- 0.30 long, 0.05-0.08 wide. Length/width ratio of bulbs 3.75-5.20. Total length/length ratio of bulbs 2.1-3.6. Sheaths regularly coiled at base. Velum 0.11-0.18 long; appendix 0.17- 0.18 long. Hooks uncinate in continuous spirals; hooks of bothridial and antibothridial faces significantly different in size; hooks of antibothridial face (6-8 mm) long, base (6-8 μm) wide, hooks of bothridial face (3-3 μm) long, base (3- 3 μm) wide.

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FIG. 2. — A-C, Heteronybelinia annakohnae n. sp.; A, larva in toto; B, hooks of the first rows of the tentacles; C, basal and metabasal armature; D-F Heteronybelinia estigmena (Dollfus, 1960); D, Larva in toto; E, basal armature; F, hooks of the first rows of the