Acanthobothrium schalli 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 schalli; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6191982; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6191982

Acanthobothrium schalli sp. nov. ( Figs. 14–19, 35, 36) Specimens deposited: holotype (USNPC 103820); paratypes (USNPC 103821–103826) Type Host: Mustelus canis canis Mitchill; Dusky smooth-hound; Charcharhiniformes: Triakidae. Type locality: Gulf of Mexico, 26 24.20’N, 96 23.80’W at 45 fathoms 14. X.94, coll. R. A. Campbell. Other hosts and localities: from Mustelus norrisi Springer; Narrowfin smooth-hound; Charcharhiniformes: Triakidae. Gulf of Mexico stations: 28 07.44’N, 92 46.50’W at 45 fathoms, 28 17.86’N 94 10.94W at 27 fathoms, 28.15.20’N, 94 10.94’W at 27 fathoms, 28 15.20’N at 94 10.94’W at 29 fathoms, 28 56.70’N, 93 56.11W at 12 fathoms, 28 24.39’N, 92.20.29’W at 31.5 fathoms; coll. R. A. Campbell (vouchers USNPC 103827–103829). Site of infection: spiral intestine. Prevalence: Mustelus canis: 7/7 individuals examined; M. norrisi: 4/4 individuals examined. Etymology: the species is named after Dr. Joseph J. Schall, parasitologist, University of Vermont, mentor of A. Vardo-Zalik. Description: Based ... : 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 51-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206009 ...