Acanthobothrium westi 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 westi; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6191985; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6191985

Acanthobothrium westi sp. nov. (Figs. 25–30, 32, 33) Specimens deposited: holotype (USNPC 103841) and paratypes (USNPC 103838, 103840, 103843–103845, 103847). Host: Raja texana Chandler, 1921; Roundel skate; Rajiformes: Rajidae. Type Locality: western Gulf of Mexico, 28º 13.40’ N, 94º 43.15’ W at depth of 27.5 fathoms. 23. x. 94, coll. R. A. Campbell. Other localities: 27º 58.57’N, 95º 21.61’ W at 35 fathoms, 20. x. 94; coll. R.A. Campbell. Site of infection: spiral intestine. Prevalence: 2 of 11 individuals examined. Etymology: the species is named after Dr. Warwick R. West, mentor to RAC and former chairman of the Department of Biology, University of Richmond for his guidance and support. Description: Based on measurements of 8 whole mounted specimens. Small cestodes 1520 – 2340 (1950, n= 7) long, strobila consisting of 5–11 (10, n= 7) acraspedote segments, euapolytic. Scolex 215–277 (241, n= 7) long by 200–240 (224, n= 7) wide composed of 4 triloculate bothridia free at posterior ends; each bothridia with ... : 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 57-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206009 ...