Guidus n. gen. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea), with description of a new species and emendation of the generic diagnosis of Marsupiobothrium

• Published in: Journal of Parasitology
• Main Author: Ivanov, Veronica Adriana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society Of Parasitologists
• Subjects: https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Adriana; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/16588

Guidus n. gen. (Cestoda, Tetraphyllidea) is proposed for 3 cestode species from skates (Bathyraja spp.: Rajiformes, Rajidae). Members of Guidus differ from those of all other phyllobothriid genera in possessing 4 sessile and conspicuously muscular, saclike bothridia; a bothridial aperture toward ant...