Acanthobothrium rajivi
| Acanthobothrium rajivi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Subclass: | Eucestoda |
| Order: | Tetraphyllidea |
| Family: | Onchobothriidae |
| Genus: | Acanthobothrium |
| Species: | Acanthobothrium rajivi Ghoshroy & Caira, 2001 |
Acanthobothrium rajivi is a species of parasitic onchobothriid tapeworm first found in the whiptail stingray, Dasyatis brevis, in the Gulf of California. It is relatively small, possesses few segments, relatively few testes, and shows asymmetrical ovaries. It also differs from its cogenerate species by its hook size and length of its hook prongs; cirrus sac size; the position of its genital pore, the number of testes columns that are anterior to the cirrus sac; as well as a number of postvaginal testes.[1]
References
- ↑ Ghoshroy, Sohini; Caira, Janine N. (2001). "Four new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the whiptail stingray Dasyatis brevis in the Gulf of California, Mexico". Journal of Parasitology 87 (2): 354–372. doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0354:FNSOAC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 11318566.
Further reading
- Fyler, C. A.; Caira, J. N. (2006). "Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the freshwater stingray Himantura chaophraya (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) in Malaysian Borneo". Journal of Parasitology 92 (1): 105–125. doi:10.1645/ge-3522.1.
- Reyda, Florian B.; Caira, Janine N. (2006). "Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Himantura uarnacoides (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in Malaysian Borneo". Comparative Parasitology 73 (1): 49–71. doi:10.1654/4194.1.
- Maleki, Loghman; Malek, Masoumeh; Palm, Harry W. (2013). "Two new species of Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from Pastinachus cf. sephen (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman". Folia parasitologica 60 (5): 448–456. doi:10.14411/fp.2013.048.
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