Summary: | FIGURES 25–30. Acanthobothrium westi sp. nov. from Raja texana. 25. Scolex, note rounded bothridia joined by velum and length of cephalic peduncle. 26. Hooks, note form of lateral hook (left). 27. Hooks, note form of lateral hook (right). 28. Bothridium, note bothridial form and position of septa. 29. Terminal (mature) segment. 30. Detail of ovary. Note overlap of left lobe over right lobe posteriorly. Scale bars: Figs. 25, 29= 100 um. Figs. 26, 27= 35 um. Figs. 28, 30= 50 um. 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 page 58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206009
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