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Issue: Vol. 5729 No. 2: 15 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5729.2.8
Page range: 370-382
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Trypanorhynch cestodes of Mobula thurstoni (Lloyd) from Bali, Indonesia, including the description of Hemionchos arthanai sp. nov. (Cestoda: Eutetrarhynchidae Guiart, 1927)

Aquatic Resources Management; Faculty of Marine Science and Fisheries; Udayana University; Bali Indonesia; Kampus Bukit Jimbaran Bali 80361; Indonesia.; Aquaculture and Sea-Ranching; Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; University of Rostock; Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6; 18059 Rostock; Germany.
Aquaculture and Sea-Ranching; Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; University of Rostock; Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6; 18059 Rostock; Germany.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Udayana University. Bali Indonesia; Kampus Bukit Jimbaran Bali 80361; Indonesia.
Department of Biology; Faculty of Sciences; University of Guilan; Rasht; Iran. P.O. Box: 41335–1914; Postal Code: 4193833697.
Aquaculture and Sea-Ranching; Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; University of Rostock; Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6; 18059 Rostock; Germany.; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Udayana University. Bali Indonesia; Kampus Bukit Jimbaran Bali 80361; Indonesia.
Platyhelminthes parasite new species fauna Mobulocestus Nybelinia Parachristianella CLSM devil rays

Abstract

Trypanorhynch cestodes were identified in the stomach and spiral valve of Mobula thurstoni (Lloyd) from Lombok Strait, Bali, Indonesia. This study includes the description of Hemionchos arthanai sp. nov. (Cestoda: Eutetrarhynchidae). New site and locality records were established for H. striatus Campbell and Beveridge, 2006, H. mobulae Campbell and Beveridge, 2006, Mobulocestus Campbell and Beveridge, 2006, Nybelinia balinensis Palm, Palm and Haseli, 2019, and Parachristianella campbelli Schaeffner and Marques, 2018. Hemionchos arthanai sp. nov. can be distinguished from the other Hemionchos species due to its smooth scolex surface lacking transverse annulations, the configuration of its five metabasal hooks per row where the hooks 1–4 (1´–4´) possess characteristic cavities, and its basal armature. The basal armature consists of two rows of enlarged uncinate hooks devoid of cavities, followed by three rows of slender uncinate to spiniform hooks without cavities, and three rows of conical, dorsoventrally flattened, falcate hooks with a strongly recurved mucronate tip. Although the life cycle of H. arthanai sp. nov. is unknown, euphausiaceans are expected to serve as intermediate hosts. This assumption is supported by the fact that H. mobulae has been detected in euphausiaceans, which are prey items for manta rays.

 

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How to Cite

Suryaningtyas, E.W., Duventester, X.N., Damriyasa, I.M., Haseli, M. & Palm, H.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), 370–382. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5729.2.8