Acanthobothrium cairae Vardo-Zalik & Campbell, 2011, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Vardo-Zalik, Anne M., Campbell, Ronald A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Platyhelminthes; Cestoda; Tetraphyllidea; Onchobothriidae; Acanthobothrium; Acanthobothrium cairae; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6191978; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6191978

Acanthobothrium cairae sp. nov. (Figs. 1–8) Specimens deposited: holotype (USNPC 103801); paratypes (USNPC 103802–103814). Host: Dasyatis centroura (Mitchill), Roughtail stingray; Rajiformes: Dasyatidae. Type locality: Narragansett Bay off Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island, coll. R. A. Campbell. Site of Infection: spiral intestine. Prevalence: 3 of 10 individuals examined. Etymology: The species is named after Dr. Janine Caira, University of Connecticut, for her contributions to the study of cestode systematics and taxonomy. Description: Based upon measurements of 8 whole mounted specimens, SEM of 2 specimens and serial sections of 8 specimens. Large worms 45–154mm (104, n=8) long, maximum width at gravid segments, 960–1060, composed of 268–491 (401, n=8) segments. Strobila muscular; mature segments acraspedote, apolytic. Scolex proper 1100–1440 long by 1200–1460 wide. Scolex, composed of 4 triloculate bothridia, loculi separated by two thick muscular septa, bothridia free at posterior ends with velum between ... : Published as part of Vardo-Zalik, Anne M. & Campbell, Ronald A., 2011, Five new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) in elasmobranchs from the northwest Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico with first records from smooth-hound sharks and guitarfish, pp. 41-64 in Zootaxa 2838 on pages 43-47, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206009 ...