Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthobothrium carolinae Franzese & Ivanov, 2020
Onchoproteocephalidea II:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14178
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family
Subfamily
Genus Acanthobothrium
Species carolinae
Authority Franzese & Ivanov, 2020
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Franzese, S. and V. A. Ivanov. 2020. Two new species of Acanthobothrium Blanchard, 1848 (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) from rajiform batoids off Argentina. Folia Parasitologica 67(16): .

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Scientific Name Notes ZooBank number for species: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: E3944371-4479-412F-AB8C-46330C1485A1

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/29/2020 Created K. Herzog
07/29/2020ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Rajiformes
Host Family Arhynchobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Bathyraja
Species magellanica
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bathyraja
Species magellanica
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intesitne
Host Notes Host numbers: PD7-105 (type locality), PD4-097 (off Rνo Grande), PD12-045 (off Banco Burdwood). Prevalence of infection: 44% (4 hosts infected out of 9 examined).

Type Locality

Country Argentina
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Santa Cruz Province, off Puerto San Juliαn
Coordinates 49°29'S, 66°11'W
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Coastal waters off Rνo Grande, Tierra del Fuego Province (54°01'S; 67°06'W); off Banco Burdwood (54°32'S; 60°01'W)
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material holotype (MACN-Pa 716); 8 paratypes (MACN-Pa nos. 717/1–4, 718/1–3, 719/1–2); 6 paratypes (IPCAS no. C-838); 6 paratypes (LRP nos. 10179–10184)
Total Number of Type Specimens 21
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes holotype (gravid worm); MACN-Pa paratypes (7 gravid worms and histological sections of 1 mature proglottid); IPCAS paratypes (6 gravid worms); LRP paratypes (6 gravid worms)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.