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Anindobothrium anacolum (Brooks, 1977) Marques, Brooks & Lasso, 2001
Rhinebothriidea: Anindobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2957
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Anindobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Anindobothrium
Species anacolum
Authority (Brooks, 1977) Marques, Brooks & Lasso, 2001
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Caulobothrium anacollum Brooks, 1977
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
Verified By J. N. Caira, K. Jensen
Citation(s)

Brooks, D. R.. 1977. Six new species of tetraphyllidean cestodes, including a new genus, from a marine stingray Himantura schmardae (Werner, 1904) from Colombia. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 44: 51-59.

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Marques, F. P. L., D. R. Brooks and C. A. Lasso. 2001. Anindobothrium n. gen. (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea) inhabiting marine and freshwater potamotrygonid stingrays. Journal of Parasitology 87: 666-672.

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Redescription

Trevisan, B., J. F. Primon, and F. P. L. Marques. 2017. Systematics and diversification of Anindobothrium Marques, Brooks & Lasso, 2001 (Eucestoda: Rhinebothriidea). PLOS One 12(9): e0184632.

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Scientific Name Notes new illustrations of the scolex of the holotype and segment and ovary deatil of the paratype are provided in Marques et al. (2001)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created J. N. Caira
02/05/2015Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/13/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
11/22/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/15/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/15/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
02/03/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
04/17/2018ModifiedF. Marques

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Potamotrygonidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Styracura
Species schmardae
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Styracura
Species schmardae
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Potamotrygon yepezi Castex & Castello (Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Colombia
Body of Water Caribbean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region 15 km west of La Cienaga, Magdalena
Coordinates 11˚01’N, 74˚15’ W
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Caribbean Sea, Tasajeras, Magdalena, Colombia (10˚58’ N, 74˚19’ W and 11˚00’ N, 74˚16’ W); San Rafael de El Mojan, Lake Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela (10˚56’ N, 71˚42’ W) and Maracas Bay, Maracas, San Juan-Laventille, Trinidad & Tobago (10˚45’ N, 61˚26’ W).
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material USNPC No. 73969 (holotype) USNPC No. 73970 HWML No. 20265
Total Number of Type Specimens at least 30
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Additional specimens deposited in the redescription: MZUSP 7778–7781, 7789 [molecular vouchers] and 7937a–7937g, 7938a–7938i [whole mounts]; LRP 9291–9305 [whole mounts], and HWML 139156–139173 [whole mounts].
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.