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

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: VARDO-ZALIK, ANNE M., CAMPBELL, RONALD A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2011
• Subjects: Platyhelminthes; Parasites; Onchobothriidae; Dasyatis; Mustelus; Raja; Rhinobatos; Chandler; Beneden; Van Beneden; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2838.1.3; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2838.1.3

Five new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 are described from elasmobranchs from Atlantic coastal waters of the United States and western Gulf of Mexico. Acanthobothrium cairae sp. nov., a category 3 species, from the roughtail stingray Dasyatis centroura (Mitchill), from New England coas...