WoRMS name details
Heterobothrium lineatum Morsy, Saady, Abdel-Gaffar, Bashtar, Melhorn, Al Quraishy & Adel, 2012
717863 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717863)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Heterobothrium lineatus Morsy, Saady, Abdel-Ghaffar, Bashtar, Mehlhorn, Al Quraishy & Adel, 2012 · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet (Malformed suffix)
marine, brackish, fresh
Morsy K., Saady H., Abdel-Ghaffar F., Bashtar A.R., Mehlhorn H., Quraishy S.A., Adel A. (2012). A new species of the genus Heterobothrium (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) parasitizing the gills of tiger puffer fish Tetraodon lineatus (Tetraodontidae). A light and scanning electron microscopic study. <em>Parasitol Res.</em> 110(3):1119-1124., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2601-3 [details]
WoRMS (2026). Heterobothrium lineatum Morsy, Saady, Abdel-Gaffar, Bashtar, Melhorn, Al Quraishy & Adel, 2012. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717863 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Morsy K., Saady H., Abdel-Ghaffar F., Bashtar A.R., Mehlhorn H., Quraishy S.A., Adel A. (2012). A new species of the genus Heterobothrium (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) parasitizing the gills of tiger puffer fish Tetraodon lineatus (Tetraodontidae). A light and scanning electron microscopic study. <em>Parasitol Res.</em> 110(3):1119-1124., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2601-3 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Mansour, A.; Kritsky, D. (2026). Morphological and molecular analyses of the taxonomy and phylogenetic position of
<i>Heterobothrium fluviatile</i>
(Monogenoidea: Diclidophoridae), a parasite of the gill lamellae of the Nile puffer,
<i>Tetraodon lineatus</i>
(Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) in Egypt. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 100., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x26101473 [details]
