Nybelinia sp. B

Beveridge, Ian, Bray, Rodney A., Cribb, Thomas H. & Justine, Jean-Lou, 2014, Diversity of trypanorhynch metacestodes in teleost fishes from coral reefs off eastern Australia and New Caledonia, Parasite (Paris, France) 21, pp. 1-19 : 14

2. Nybelinia sp. B ( Fig. 9 )

Material examined: plerocercoid from Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) , New Caledonia, MNHN JNC 2172 C4.

Scolex length 1750, pars bothrialis 1100, pars vaginalis 1000, bulbs elongate, 560 long, velum 200, metabasal hooks: length 20, base 14.

Remarks

This specimen most closely resembles N. strongyla Dollfus, 1960 in scolex length, bulb length and hook size and shape, but differs in the length of the velum (690–830 in N. strongyla compared with 200 in the present material).

Figures

Figures 8–11. Tentacularioid metacestodes incompletely identified. 8. Nybelinia sp. A from Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1937). Scolex, basal and metabasal armature, hook profiles.Scale-bars:scolex and tentacle, 0.1 mm; hooks,0.01 mm.9. Nybelinia sp. B from Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825).Scolex, basal and metabasal armature,hook profiles.Scale-bars:scolex and tentacle, 0.1 mm; hooks, 0.01 mm.10. Heteronybeliniasp.Cfrom Sufflamenfraenatus (Latreille,1804).Scolex,bothrialmetabasal armature andantibothrial metabasal armature. Scale-bars: scolex 0.1 mm; hooks 0.01 mm. 11. Nybelinia basimegacantha Carvajal, Campbell & Cornford, 1976, specimen from Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål, 1775). Scolex, basal and metabasal armature. Scale-bars: scolex 0.1 mm; tentacle 0.01 mm.