Revision Of Anteropora (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) And Descriptions Of Five New Species From Stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) In Borneo
Author
Mojica, Kendra R.
Author
Jensen, Kirsten
Author
Caira, Janine N.
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Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2013
2013-08-30
61
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491
506
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5352252
2345-7600
5352252
Key to species of
Anteropora
1. Hyperapolytic ..........................................................................2
– Euapolytic................................................................................5
2. Four (rarely three) testes .........................................................3
– Six testes..................................................................................4
3. Egg diameter 12–14 μm. Spinithrix length on anterior region of proglottid 5–6 μm ....................................
A. klosmamorphis
– Egg diameter 15 μm. Spinithrix length on anterior region of proglottid 15 μm.........................................................
A. indica
4. Primarily glandular apical organ. Pyriform cirrus-sac ............. .................................................................................
A. leelongi
– Primarily muscular apical organ. Oblong cirrus-sac ................ ................................................................................
A. japonica
5. Primarily glandular apical organ.............................................6
– Primarily muscular apical organ .............................................7
6. Fewer than 30 proglottids. Scolex dorso-ventrally flattened. Bothridia with conspicuous posterior notch at midline..........8
– Greater than 30 proglottids. Scolex approx. spherical. Bothridia without or with inconspicuous posterior notch at midline ....... ......................................................................................
A. cuba
7. Cirrus-sac and genital pore positioned between two anteriormost testes ...............................................................
A. joannae
– Cirrus-sac and genital pore positioned between second and third testis from anterior margin of proglottid .......
A. glandapiculis
8. Fewer than eight proglottids. Oval bothridia......
A. pumilionis
– Eight or more proglottids. Triangular to rectangular bothridia ..................................................................
A. patulobothridium