title: Redescription of Hebesoma violentum Van Cleave, 1928 (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae).
abstract: Hebesoma violentum Van Cleave, 1928, is redescribed from 155 paratypes from Van Cleave's original 1921 and 1923 collections in China. The present distribution of H. violentum in China and the Soviet Union is reported and the uncertain status of Hebesoma derosum Gupta and Jain, 1973, examined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha 53141.
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Amin
mesh_terms: D000049:Acanthocephala / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male