Hemionchos mobulae Campbell and Beveridge, 2006

Suryaningtyas, Endang Wulandari, Neitemeier-Duventester, Xaver, Damriyasa, Made, Haseli, Mohammad & Palm, Harry W., 2025, Trypanorhynch cestodes of Mobula thurstoni (Lloyd) from Bali, Indonesia, including the description of Hemionchos arthanai sp. nov. (Cestoda: Eutetrarhynchidae Guiart, 1927), Zootaxa 5729 (2), pp. 370-382 : 374

Hemionchos mobulae Campbell and Beveridge, 2006

( Figs 2D, E , 3F–L )

Material examined. 59 specimens; from M. thurstoni, Lombok Strait , Indonesia (morphological vouchers: MZB, MZBCa 225–227, 3 slides; ZMB, E.7776-7778, 3 slides) .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) images of Hemionchos spp. from the stomach and spiral valve of Mobula thurstoni. A-C: H. arthanai sp. nov. (A) Scolex with four tentacles. (B) Overview of four tentacles. (C) Basal armature. D, E: H. mobulae (D) Whole specimen with four tentacles. (E) Tentacle with cavity in hook tips (arrows). F-I: H. striatus (F) Scolex with four tentacles (G) Overview of tentacles with cavity in hook tips (white tips). (H) Basal and metabasal tentacular armature, internal to bothrial surface. (I) Basal and metabasal tentacular armature, bothrial surface. Scale bars: (A) 150 µm; (B) 30µm; (C) 20µm; (D) 200 µm; (E) 30µm (F) 100 µm; (G) 30 µm. (H) 20 µm. (I) 20 µm.

FIGURE 3. Surface ultrastructure of the scolex and tentacular armature of Hemionchos spp. A-E: Hemionchos arthanai sp. nov. (A) Scolex and tentacular armature. (B) Two tentacles. (C) Metabasal armature, bothrial surface. (D) Basal armature, bothrial and antibothrial surfaces. (E) Basal armature, antibothrial surface. F-L: Hemionchos mobulae (F) Scolex with transverse annulations. (G) Tentacles. (H) Basal armature with cavity in hook tip (arrow). (I) Scolex surface with transverse annulations. (J) Transverse annulations consisting of undulated filitriches of different length. (K) Bothrial surface. (L) Aristate gladiate spinitriches on bothria. M-P: H. striatus (M) Scolex with four tentacles. (N) Metabasal armature, bothrial surface. (O) Basal armature, internal surface. (P) Basal armature, bothrial and antibothrial surfaces. Scale bars: (A) 100 µm; (B,) 20 µm; (C, D) 10 µm; (E) 2 µm; (F) 100 µm; (G) 20 µm; (H) 2 µm; (I, J) 2 µm; (K) 10 µm; (L) 1 µm; (M) 100 µm; (N) 10 µm; (O) 2µm (P) 10 µm.