Acanthobothrium lentiginosum 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 lentiginosum; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6191979; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6191979

Acanthobothrium lentiginosum sp. nov. (Figs. 9–13) Specimens deposited: holotype (USNPC 103815); paratypes (USNPC 103816–103819). Host: Rhinobatos lentiginosus Garman, 1880; Atlantic guitarfish; Rajiformes: Rhinobatidae. Type Locality: Gulf of Mexico at 26 16.11’N, 97 8.05’W at 9 fathoms 15.x.94, coll. R. A. Campbell. Site of Infection: spiral intestine. Prevalence: 1 of 1 individual examined. Etymology: This species is named after its host, Rhinobatos lentiginosus. Description: Based upon measurements of 5 whole mounted specimens and 2 with SEM. Small worms 2–3.1 mm (3, n=5) long composed of 5–7 (6, n=5) segments; strobila acraspedote, euapolytic. Scolex proper 288–474 (347, n=5) long by 168–304 (227, n=5) wide, composed of 4 triloculate bothridia. Bothridia, 272–474 (347, n=8) long by 85–140 (111, n=8) wide; mean (BL: BW) 2.7:1. Each of 4 bothridia free at posterior end, acuminate, covered with spinitriches over proximal surfaces and divided into three loculi by muscular septa. Anterior loculus 100– 235 ... : 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 48-51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206009 ...