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(CNHE-11881), 1 
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(CNHE-11882), 4 paratypes (CHE-P00146), 1 paratype (HWML-216977).
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(Cuvier, 1816) (
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Isla Contoy, Playa Ixmapoit (
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) Quintana Roo, Mexico.
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<paragraph id="AFFC00D215BFAF841122FC99DEF81781" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Spiral valve.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="458EFF459022E939B0A8581F23C45659" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Prevalence of infection.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="04DED0FB6C45357E9F88FFF73AF2612C" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">14.28%</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="782C512F96075FEBF97819B2EE390E89" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The species is named in honor of M. C. Luis 
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(Universidad Nacional 
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de 
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, Instituto de 
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, 
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) for his friendship and for his contributions to the knowledge of helminths.
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<paragraph id="26331BC34B7F7CD5A16685AC8115C200" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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sp. nov. is a Category 1 species. Body small; relatively robust bothridia; large apical suckers; 7-9 proglottids; long hooks; 18-26 testes per proglottid; cirrus sac and the vagina share a common opening within the genital atrium; arms of ovary symmetrical.
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<paragraph id="356BF3A39755CA0C097AEEF8E6F65731" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Description.</paragraph>
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(Based on 4 complete worms and 9 partial worms mounted on slides.) Entire worms 1.3 mm-2.1 mm (1.8 mm 
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0.4 mm, 4, 4) long; greatest width at scolex, euapolytic; 7-9 (8 
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1, 4, 4) proglottids per worm (Figs 
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, 
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). Scolex consisting of scolex proper and cephalic peduncle; scolex proper with four bothridia, 225-320 (278 
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32; 13, 6) long by 275-323 (305 
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19; 13, 6) wide; scolex covered with microtriches (gladiate spinitriches and papilliform filitriches, see 
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) (Fig. 
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). Maximum width of scolex at level of middle loculus (Figs 
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- 
<figureCitation id="444E08EC3BCF7967FD8DAA0FA9B97A0D" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi sp. nov. SEM images. Paratype (not deposited) A scolex B bothridial muscular pad with pair of hooks C central area of scolex proper between the bothridia D gladiate spinitriches located on the proximal bothridial surface, see image C E papilliform filitriches located on the scolex proper, behind the bothridia, see image C F coniforme spinitriches located on the cephalic peduncle. Scale bars: 5 μm (D-F); 30 μm (C); 100 μm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.101968.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/877630" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">5</figureCitation>
). Bothridia free posteriorly, 245-313 (274 
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8, 13, 22) wide; each with three loculi separated by two transverse septa, and specialized anterior region in form of muscular pad. Muscular pad 76-83 (79 
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5, 12, 22) long by 95-110 (101 
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5, 12, 22) wide, with apical sucker 28-35 (32 
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3, 12) long by 28-35 (32 
<normalizedToken id="572C2813CC0E97C48C1646D52D896F2A" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
2, 12, 22) wide, each with one pair of bipronged hooks at posterior margin (Figs 
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- 
<figureCitation id="1117063A348C16048946E801246765B7" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi sp. nov. SEM images. Paratype (not deposited) A scolex B bothridial muscular pad with pair of hooks C central area of scolex proper between the bothridia D gladiate spinitriches located on the proximal bothridial surface, see image C E papilliform filitriches located on the scolex proper, behind the bothridia, see image C F coniforme spinitriches located on the cephalic peduncle. Scale bars: 5 μm (D-F); 30 μm (C); 100 μm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.101968.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/877630" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">5</figureCitation>
). Anterior loculus of bothridia 133-168 (154 
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10, 12, 22) long, middle loculus 50-83 (66 
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11, 12, 22) long, posterior loculus 50-83 (65 
<normalizedToken id="0F4AB20F09B58AE0D236E6EC44D7EA11" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
11, 12, 22) long; loculus length ratio 1:0.4:0.4 (anterior:middle:posterior). Velum present between medial margins of bothridia at posterior margin of middle loculus (Figs 
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- 
<figureCitation id="0B042E7F5A38263DB8346F126EDFB7FB" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi sp. nov. SEM images. Paratype (not deposited) A scolex B bothridial muscular pad with pair of hooks C central area of scolex proper between the bothridia D gladiate spinitriches located on the proximal bothridial surface, see image C E papilliform filitriches located on the scolex proper, behind the bothridia, see image C F coniforme spinitriches located on the cephalic peduncle. Scale bars: 5 μm (D-F); 30 μm (C); 100 μm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.101968.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/877630" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">5</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B2A33E8F70229A5FE75D067DD5580B76" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
<emphasis id="56708B8765B56ADCC31737C6C87989DA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AB8E67A6C754CFE9766702BED44E9223" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi</emphasis>
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sp. nov. holotype (CNHE-11881). 
<emphasis id="A7266515840BC2DE497F001CBB835C45" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A</emphasis>
scolex 
<emphasis id="4B7A1BCFD7AEF3F8E1BE156C9D4AB412" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">B</emphasis>
pair of hooks 
<emphasis id="10A9CE5FBE0257C819A5C25875A71450" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">C</emphasis>
mature proglottid 
<emphasis id="9E81FA7705669D2C4A0D37179C782FAB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">D</emphasis>
terminal mature proglottid. Scale bars: 70 
<normalizedToken id="7754457365A2DA1321667B4AD2E9462F" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(
<emphasis id="E2DFF2F08D1A553E5985403A862496C3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">B</emphasis>
); 200 
<normalizedToken id="B0E2555E89257F8FE3120FBF01834840" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(
<emphasis id="FB98BFFF65A5F22CE2496481C1BCF274" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A, C</emphasis>
); 400 
<normalizedToken id="92E7C2C8CB705455029A7EA1700AC6CB" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(
<emphasis id="B298666A9A599D9A2884E8F79BC377F6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">D</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="6760B6FAC25CDD5CA682097FE7E78B3D" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.101968.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/877629" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="D2859863B5D0F5961092F72989FB53D5" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
<emphasis id="33C9375DDEBA35671111722216F59D2A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="4102F3587E917CA1FBCD48E1C86BFF6B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi</emphasis>
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sp. nov. 
<emphasis id="255A13282E4EC25A150FF56918778B94" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A-D</emphasis>
holotype (CNHE-11881) 
<emphasis id="9BC9768324429F13F724B00F62F5E0C2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">E</emphasis>
paratype (CNHE-11882) 
<emphasis id="E09AB4F3873A4F0A2ACF86BAF086B1C5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A</emphasis>
scolex 
<emphasis id="3BD42DBCDF488A1475CE82D6D9982E9F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">B</emphasis>
pair of hooks 
<emphasis id="BDDA5558076BA815E11C07E86A7A278B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">C</emphasis>
mature proglottid 
<emphasis id="9E9D3F71F7C48A41B3970FE49B012626" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">D</emphasis>
terminal mature proglottid 
<emphasis id="DC1238485DBF4EBC4C7C821650628510" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">E</emphasis>
complete tapeworm, 400 
<normalizedToken id="3DBF6AF3B69E357DCE761693B806E793" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
. Scale bars: 100 
<normalizedToken id="435595F4933E530187912FD9733A81CE" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="EEB72C93D6C4E8FAE2E9BA8E762B3CC4" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.101968.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/877630" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="8F7F83C56171DD2DD733ABD0331BBA7F" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
<emphasis id="D374EA14A0271C34E1E1B746A7E8A1CC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="F04587FF37DCBC727591EB0A8835DD19" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi</emphasis>
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sp. nov. SEM images. Paratype (not deposited) 
<emphasis id="62A451E6595B3C08717DC38209C5AA48" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A</emphasis>
scolex 
<emphasis id="ACAB674931E60BC6581DE6C0430F70EB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">B</emphasis>
bothridial muscular pad with pair of hooks 
<emphasis id="32C445F46E621514B6526531CEAD1850" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">C</emphasis>
central area of scolex proper between the bothridia 
<emphasis id="812DB51D063F08D5CF84392DE3E8D9CB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">D</emphasis>
gladiate spinitriches located on the proximal bothridial surface, see image C 
<emphasis id="E3942799C5DF5594C4CE7BAE05663F12" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">E</emphasis>
papilliform filitriches located on the scolex proper, behind the bothridia, see image C 
<emphasis id="871B54CE924555B4202830FE1482955A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">F</emphasis>
coniforme spinitriches located on the cephalic peduncle. Scale bars: 5 
<normalizedToken id="5146FA20CC338D8BFB98C4EAD89DF8A2" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(
<emphasis id="CD69EA9CEC8103DAE424D523715E7C77" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">D-F</emphasis>
); 30 
<normalizedToken id="E9272511F2AF703E0002F8072A84A8EE" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(
<emphasis id="1A23A1E8019F63A5830C9AE0371E5E1E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">C</emphasis>
); 100 
<normalizedToken id="4080BF36995C31BEC50017EE53B287D6" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(
<emphasis id="9123C3B2A332CAEDE18F185666E23B9D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A, B</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="D14B38F63BACBE0A324DAC97BF8BEAC4" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
Hooks bipronged, hollow, with tubercle on the proximal surface of the axial prong; internal channels of axial and abaxial prongs continuous, smooth, the base and anterior part of each hook embedded in muscular pad; axial prongs much longer than abaxial prongs (Figs 
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- 
<figureCitation id="85371C1630490D027BFB2F9D27BCC46A" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi sp. nov. SEM images. Paratype (not deposited) A scolex B bothridial muscular pad with pair of hooks C central area of scolex proper between the bothridia D gladiate spinitriches located on the proximal bothridial surface, see image C E papilliform filitriches located on the scolex proper, behind the bothridia, see image C F coniforme spinitriches located on the cephalic peduncle. Scale bars: 5 μm (D-F); 30 μm (C); 100 μm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.101968.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/877630" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">5</figureCitation>
). Bases (handles) of medial and lateral hooks articulated with each other; lateral and medial hooks approximately equal in size (Figs 
<figureCitation id="DEC3CFFA888AD62690A2EA268F65F260" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi sp. nov. holotype (CNHE- 11881). A scolex B pair of hooks C mature proglottid D terminal mature proglottid. Scale bars: 70 μm (B); 200 μm (A, C); 400 μm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.101968.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/877628" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">3</figureCitation>
- 
<figureCitation id="B382711D19C6372D6F3CD98878D38A4E" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi sp. nov. SEM images. Paratype (not deposited) A scolex B bothridial muscular pad with pair of hooks C central area of scolex proper between the bothridia D gladiate spinitriches located on the proximal bothridial surface, see image C E papilliform filitriches located on the scolex proper, behind the bothridia, see image C F coniforme spinitriches located on the cephalic peduncle. Scale bars: 5 μm (D-F); 30 μm (C); 100 μm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.101968.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/877630" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">5</figureCitation>
). Lateral hook measurements: A 28-38 (33 
<normalizedToken id="57200B2054F58E01009B25FC5C3D19A2" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
2; 14, 25), B 90-105 (96 
<normalizedToken id="AFD135F7EFDA389DE3AA184AD26B7AE0" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
3; 13, 25), C 78-83 (80 
<normalizedToken id="DCA18AD9456D1DA4A36E12A1DEF0CFE4" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
2; 13, 24), D 115-135 (122 
<normalizedToken id="3D3E5F034943A53E23FA99477F3B1109" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
6; 13, 24). Medial hook measurements: 
<normalizedToken id="E3169902756AB49CF8B051124BBFD459" originalValue="A’">A'</normalizedToken>
25-35 (31 
<normalizedToken id="8C4709583A5434E98185382C43586775" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
3; 13, 25), 
<normalizedToken id="0B7E674812387F5464CB6384503F46E5" originalValue="B’">B'</normalizedToken>
93-110 (102 
<normalizedToken id="405CA8C588E42B6806B034E09E33C23B" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
5; 13, 26), 
<normalizedToken id="F904989CE0556332E8C4ADEC64C06693" originalValue="C’">C'</normalizedToken>
75-88 (81 
<normalizedToken id="B2DB0270F99D0EFF0D1CFCDA7BD69B6D" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
3; 13, 26), 
<normalizedToken id="35AC8814D0DAE0B491F69F65EC0DB7EF" originalValue="D’">D'</normalizedToken>
115-135 (128 
<normalizedToken id="71AC38562A5984F9BBEE8145AF46B8FD" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
5; 13, 26).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7C863056530712C017C02ED92034637E" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
Cephalic peduncle 175-288 (232 
<normalizedToken id="DE194B53061606BE8E244B64019EAAC1" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
35, 13, 7) long by 58-90 (74 
<normalizedToken id="D36CFCD60E3FBFE6E0EAB175F5C8CA8A" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
11, 13, 7) wide, covered with coniform spinitriches (see 
<bibRefCitation id="AC2C42306911B38D60C9CB386D9EC3E8" DOI="https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2009.025" author="Chervy, L" journalOrPublisher="Folia Parasitologica" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" pagination="199 - 230" refId="B15" refString="Chervy, L, 2009. Unified terminology for cestode microtriches: a proposal from the International Workshops on Cestode Systematics in 2002-2008. Folia Parasitologica 56 (3): 199 - 230, DOI: https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2009.025" title="Unified terminology for cestode microtriches: a proposal from the International Workshops on Cestode Systematics in 2002 - 2008." url="https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2009.025" volume="56" year="2009">Chervy 2009</bibRefCitation>
). Proglottids acraspedote. Immature proglottids 133-238 (181 
<normalizedToken id="015C59707C660804A0D8EBA67B456025" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
36, 7, 10) long by 93-188 (149 
<normalizedToken id="2E29F737E08D307E815AB29BA827500A" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
32, n = 10) wide; mature proglottids 260-618 (401 
<normalizedToken id="E1E5FF65CC374397F71A03EBE340720E" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
108, 9, 12) long by 133-233 (203 
<normalizedToken id="7DBEA23EA31B6A18BFD5ADC07EEACA64" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
27, 9, 13) wide; terminal mature proglottids 365-550 (480 
<normalizedToken id="847B0B01BA41D1A0967E206C6FD2DD2E" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
100, 3, 3) long by 103-205 (169 
<normalizedToken id="86B02DBE7D8B6BDCF3CD4CFB0E7976E1" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
58, 3, 3) wide (Figs 
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- 
<figureCitation id="361BE9F451135C8FC3B76FC1738FA25E" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi sp. nov. SEM images. Paratype (not deposited) A scolex B bothridial muscular pad with pair of hooks C central area of scolex proper between the bothridia D gladiate spinitriches located on the proximal bothridial surface, see image C E papilliform filitriches located on the scolex proper, behind the bothridia, see image C F coniforme spinitriches located on the cephalic peduncle. Scale bars: 5 μm (D-F); 30 μm (C); 100 μm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.101968.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/877630" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">5</figureCitation>
). Gravid proglottids not observed. Genital pores marginal, irregularly alternating, 26-46% (34 
<normalizedToken id="3A52555C8AF9E530E480681D3D3F6E3A" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
6%, 9, 13) of proglottid length from anterior end in terminal mature proglottids 34-40% (37 
<normalizedToken id="C2B52C2D9235BF850FFF40F7E03E168C" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
3%, 3, 3). Testes oval in dorsoventral view, arranged irregularly anterior to ovarian lobes, two layers deep; testes 30-55 (39 
<normalizedToken id="132C15D04E2C944403367BAD4F47539D" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
6, 9, 27) long by 50-75 (59 
<normalizedToken id="A3BA15471DC11ED0B4AC67B74DB7826C" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
6, 9, 27) wide; testes 18-26 (22 
<normalizedToken id="649A267C97DED6DF005A5A511F10B482" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
2, 9, 12) in total number, 10-14 (11 
<normalizedToken id="FA8FE6A6F67A90948AAA6D9E82760DAD" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
1, n = 12) aporal, 3-6 (5 
<normalizedToken id="D341A33C5B4DCE4F13A44549BA866E50" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
1, 9, 12) preporal, 5-7 (6 
<normalizedToken id="8E176B6AC04F2E6FC44701BA4A21F6A1" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
1, 9, 12) postporal; no testes located posterior to ovarian isthmus (Figs 
<figureCitation id="2E8E91CA05A068AB348186C3AA435EDB" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi sp. nov. holotype (CNHE- 11881). A scolex B pair of hooks C mature proglottid D terminal mature proglottid. Scale bars: 70 μm (B); 200 μm (A, C); 400 μm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.101968.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/877628" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">3</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="97B4142D2643553513A534240F1F5266" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi sp. nov. A-D holotype (CNHE- 11881) E paratype (CNHE- 11882) A scolex B pair of hooks C mature proglottid D terminal mature proglottid E complete tapeworm, 400 μm. Scale bars: 100 μm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.101968.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/877629" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">4</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8450B8575608C5D366852E718B9AFED0" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
Cirrus sac pyriform, 98-143 (125 
<normalizedToken id="8B458C39DD34A5986976DB30BA2D597D" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
12, 9, 13) long, 30-88 (50 
<normalizedToken id="301BF3E06A8E0429E107F6558F5A67AF" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
15, 9, 13) wide in mature proglottids. Cirrus expanded at base, armed with spinitriches. Vagina thick walled, walls covered with gland cells, extending along medial line of proglottid from 
<normalizedToken id="94B754EAF23B9BFE36E2E413926CB6D0" originalValue="oötype">ooetype</normalizedToken>
, reaching to anterior margin of cirrus sac to common genital atrium; vaginal sphincter absent; seminal receptacle not seen. Vagina canal descends on the aporal side of proglottid relatively to the midline of proglottid, often with loops. Ovary with symmetrical lobes; poral lobe 133-375 (241 
<normalizedToken id="DCA6862ACC4FB9AA112DE6CDB0A5C922" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
79, 8, 3) long in mature proglottids, reaching to cirrus sac; aporal lobe 130-375 (240 
<normalizedToken id="712388A7FE9E0AB613FF87410543A600" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
78, 8, 3) long, extending to the anterior margin of the cirrus sac. Ovary inverted A-shaped in dorsoventral view, lobulated, ovarian isthmus posterior to mid-point of ovary. 
<normalizedToken id="B0F8D0F67494F8A3D61A3BA8103764D9" originalValue="Mehlis’">Mehlis'</normalizedToken>
gland posterior to ovarian isthmus (Figs 
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, 
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="10EFD06584AED276B1961D8706CAE9A8" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
Vitellarium follicular, consisting of two lateral bands; each band consists of two columns of relatively large, elongate to oval follicles, extending from near anterior margin of proglottid to near posterior margin of proglottid, interrupted by vagina and cirrus sac; follicles 345-425 (391 
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23, 3, 9) long, 14-22 (17 
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3, 3, 9) wide. Uterus thin-walled, sacciform, extends from near anterior part of proglottid to near 
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. Excretory ducts lateral. Eggs not seen.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="19A299AE635F68406B6D1DB24BC79CB5" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="3D2568D2399A288DD332AA12FAFD2E4D" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E780E9AB0641C49F3F365EB44BA75D64" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
This is the third species of 
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<emphasis id="87E2B1838FAB4A972690924A05FF25CE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium</emphasis>
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described from 
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<emphasis id="C12731DDBA057BD47B36AAD54F66EB1A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">U. jamaicensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
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<emphasis id="8C0B98D64A8BAF7EE5D832A81EFB55D9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is a category 1 species (sensu 
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; 
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): specimens of this species have a total length ≤ 15 mm (worms = 1.3-2.1 mm long); the number of proglottids is ≤ 50 proglottids (the new species has 7-9 proglottids); the number of testes per proglottids is ≤ 80 (the new species has 18-26 testes) and the arms of the ovary are symmetric.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2B71A080DCA30689EC5866E64CE8FE49" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
Currently, in Category 1, there are 57 species (
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; 
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; 
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; 
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) but only 12 species inhabit the eastern coast of the Americas: 
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<emphasis id="2F34EDBA8B732428ACD4B64FD981CB07" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. fogeli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="0DE53C076519424D9125286D954CDC90" lsidName="A. lentiginosum" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="lentiginosum">
<emphasis id="FFB99E6048F5280143CC848E783B3709" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. lentiginosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="99CD736FFFC3D22D73FE813704DC48A5" lsidName="A. lineatum" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="lineatum">
<emphasis id="989F3395A827B2D40CCB6706E45FADD4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. lineatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4E11A6DAEF1853E8880A70C43AF514AB" lsidName="A. schalli" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="schalli">
<emphasis id="53C954E67C6CA321933640A5BDB6F808" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. schalli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CD865B71E0C77A1441B0800DFE19574B" lsidName="A. ulmeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="ulmeri">
<emphasis id="42ECC91EBAE681C9441B149B6C66F43C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. ulmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="AE16631076B5E841D5CE56A7126342EA" lsidName="A. westi" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="westi">
<emphasis id="D587BDB4520543D039CF12E2A71C72E5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. westi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been reported for the northern Gulf of Mexico; 
<taxonomicName id="48F7A0F8F2C5D3FB938DD89297EF94CA" lsidName="A. marplatensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="marplatensis">
<emphasis id="03E4AF428E0C151CDC8655D85634AB36" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. marplatensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="2FE70F7F8FA74ECC3343950FE6473D32" lsidName="A. stefaniae" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="stefaniae">
<emphasis id="7F0A72F38A9DAC3BD7F2D0CA53E4C902" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. stefaniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="C76686C7069AB93F9A46067064CBC087" lsidName="A. carolinae" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="carolinae">
<emphasis id="65BEE0F53144A720E5D4EF8D8968139E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. carolinae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="85EFC468C23DDEE393C822E9E01DD175" lsidName="A. domingae" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="domingae">
<emphasis id="FE789FEE44FE70EBED9E670BE9282DC4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. domingae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been reported from the South Atlantic, and 
<taxonomicName id="5831342C3E573B48FEB4BE64DC89A40F" lsidName="A. cartagenensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="cartagenensis">
<emphasis id="F65F916CFAC730A7F90AB6D5C5E6EE72" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. cartagenensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="AA4CF9B9149DE808F0833D50656F79EF" lsidName="A. himanturi" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="himanturi">
<emphasis id="A5445F569F20410B7DB3DBBA06E552D1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. himanturi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Caribbean Sea.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D699AA62C89EB1407BB1B352B9150912" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
However, 
<taxonomicName id="F8267BD8FCA81D23E53AE4988D7C6FC0" lsidName="A. garciaprietoi" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="garciaprietoi">
<emphasis id="9609BB453685B3C24D1A1878D9AFE75B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. garciaprietoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. should be compared with the species assigned to Category 2 that inhabit the same geographical region because the species in Categories 1 and 2 are similar; the two categories differ only in relation to the symmetry of the ovarian arms. Of the 55 species that are included in Category 2, only two have been reported from the same host and/or to inhabit the same general region: 
<taxonomicName id="F10F1D47022581CDC01BF00C74FD000D" lsidName="A. tasajerasi" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="tasajerasi">
<emphasis id="B614AD4AD405E22253A2B1D0350F5165" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. tasajerasi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="9B778A695AB70B4408BB1FC5C029BDC5" lsidName="A. urotrygoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="urotrygoni">
<emphasis id="1E365F386F6614DEA063FA4956AC250E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. urotrygoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, both from the Caribbean Sea (Table 
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="156C88F0C8DD1322271172B80CA6C461" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
Of the species of 
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<emphasis id="C0512495A2C27E8A9C07254C83C12E44" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in category 1, all except 
<taxonomicName id="13513A9A8EC7573E50B7FDE63C67A86B" lsidName="A. stefaniae" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="stefaniae">
<emphasis id="CEE276B83570A2366B257F1451E11EBF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. stefaniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, have acraspedote strobili; some are euapolytic or apolytic, and some are hyperapolytic. Members of 
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<emphasis id="DE31DDC119B392CCEF29135BA1BB8B7E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
known from the Gulf of Mexico are 
<taxonomicName id="198CE918B65DFBEC8E95C86D86351A68" lsidName="A. fogeli" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="fogeli">
<emphasis id="1B12650B4E57F5E74E1F2CE0890CF107" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. fogeli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B952A42051687871F4FEC12A77B06EC2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. lentiginosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="285AA2EFE62B462AB17DEFCF0A8C12EB" lsidName="A. lineatum" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="lineatum">
<emphasis id="887A3AB89ABDA7182CF888EFFA28A825" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. lineatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="12C83764054E485B882BD86BF7F3984A" lsidName="A. schalli" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="schalli">
<emphasis id="3677EC6DDAE1A623B6021505DE6BFD6F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. schalli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="ED2C4CF7FDE6DAC0A1DB89901B60A125" lsidName="A. ulmeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="ulmeri">
<emphasis id="E027615A070103F3300117CD9D1193DD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. ulmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="BA2CD13B367987F1F9E612164B59B6C5" lsidName="A. westi" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="westi">
<emphasis id="D68B3BD481B1930BB9A2E40704BE8DCE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. westi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName id="FE228580F83897CDD0837CA1E97E30E8" authorityName="Rodríguez-Ibarra &amp; Violante-González &amp; Monks" authorityYear="2023" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi" order="Onchoproteocephalidea" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="garciaprietoi">
<emphasis id="8909EF1670B96D0A0434BCA5E28FFBE3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium garciaprietoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. differ from 
<taxonomicName id="3B9D9AC7410F79BF34E5F8B68B33C21F" lsidName="A. fogeli" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="fogeli">
<emphasis id="14A2D6F8BFDF9EB65C85759C277F0722" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. fogeli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="34D62EAE62AB77FEA456F4CA3F47DD34" lsidName="A. lineatum" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="lineatum">
<emphasis id="F829109D50B1FCF528B6E5B60AD7D418" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. lineatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="722E296CEE8333D03E4DA956F0A2738A" lsidName="A. schalli" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="schalli">
<emphasis id="6D849428D74CA2D75B1AA963A9919EFA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. schalli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by being shorter, with fewer proglottids, and less testes, except 
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<emphasis id="E7E10F6DE42C98925A11B68CA2C890C7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. lentiginosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="C34EC3C56D058520E631693B5E3D35CC" lsidName="A. ulmeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="ulmeri">
<emphasis id="36F001A19AEF2387DCDC41683120CD6C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. ulmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="46DD442B43F56CC658E4E9394ABA4CED" lsidName="A. westi" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" rank="species" species="westi">
<emphasis id="CF22980F96253F443D7D7247412F3AE4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. westi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which overlap in total length, number of proglottids, number of testes and in the diameter of the accessory sucker. 
<taxonomicName id="DE0A4FDF40C42DD63AD93820254BA17C" authorityName="Vardo-Zalik &amp; Campbell" authorityYear="2011" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acanthobothrium lentiginosum" order="Onchoproteocephalidea" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="lentiginosum">
<emphasis id="B6DBCBCA7816BF86BF8D6C6A04E6815B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium lentiginosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to the new species. However, it has a scolex that, on the average, is longer (288-474 vs. 225-320), and somewhat longer bothridia (272-474 vs. 245-313) with longer loculi; the hooks have a longer abaxial prong (80-110 vs. 78-83), the cephalic peduncle is longer (288-456 vs. 175-288) and the genital pore is differently positioned (59-69 vs. 26-46, respectively). 
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<emphasis id="98B2405BA88E9B384C1925D383FFC44F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium ulmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the new species by having a larger scolex (357-464 vs. 225-320), longer bothridia (281-432 vs. 245-313) and larger loculi; the hooks are shorter, with the axial prong (61-78 vs. 90-105) long and the abaxial prong (59-72 vs. 78-83) long; prongs that are both shorter in total length (77-103 vs. 115-135), and the cephalic peduncle is shorter (48-176 vs. 175-288). 
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<emphasis id="7AAC6377BFA7E07922799016A96594B3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium westi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the new species in having the scolex and smaller loculi (215-277 vs. 225-320, respectively), hooks with shored handles (25-28 vs. 28-38), axial prongs (42-53 vs. 90-105), and the abaxial prongs (38-48 vs. 78-83); the cephalic peduncle is longer (216-480 vs. 175-288), the cirrus sac is shorter (72-84 vs. 98-143), and range in the number of testes is less (20-24 vs. 18-26).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9A6E4DB11D91D19DFE2D922F4D9C9C10" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
Of the species of 
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<emphasis id="9966489C5704231F4B76DB82D7BBE9CE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium</emphasis>
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reported from the South Atlantic, 
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<emphasis id="EE82E42A2F5FAB2C31B5534CBE2E80AA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. marplatensis</emphasis>
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, is much larger (4.79 mm-8.44 mm vs. 1.3 mm-2.1 mm for the new species), it has a greater number of proglottids (18-30 vs. 7-9, respectively), more testes per proglottid (24-39 vs. 18-26). The hooks of 
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<emphasis id="CC86BB42E0CF92EA366B56A94212829C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. marplatensis</emphasis>
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are shorter, the cirrus sac rises towards the anterior end of the proglottid and the cirrus sac of the new species extends horizontally in mature proglottids (Fig. 
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) or slightly posterior in some terminal proglottids. 
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<emphasis id="BEDD7E54B98874F0ED46E87F6AC0B3A6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium stefaniae</emphasis>
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has craspedote proglottids and is hyperapolytic; it has a smaller scolex (285-400 vs. 225-320), somewhat longer bothridia (247-355 vs. 245-313) and longer anterior loculi; the handles of the hooks are relatively shorter (25-32 vs. 28-38), the abaxial prongs are shorter (32-52 vs. 78-83), the axial prong is longer (102-112 vs. 90-105). In 
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<emphasis id="AA6CC477CF0BDDF239141DCB6983B079" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. stefaniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the genital pore opens at approximately mid-proglottid and, in 
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<emphasis id="BC92D5D6BFCE8536215380E962314C2C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. garciaprietoi</emphasis>
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sp. nov., it opens at the anterior third of the proglottid.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FDF830281D34E2395A1CD2E60A4EC1C1" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
<taxonomicName id="5F0E9BB0F0C679537CE20510516A9F78" authorityName="Brooks &amp; Mayes" authorityYear="1980" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acanthobothrium cartagenensis" order="Onchoproteocephalidea" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="cartagenensis">
<emphasis id="20A0E35C780768CEFD8743FB52BDEB0F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium cartagenensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="CD4F498FF169E5B8FE3096655DC1E168" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. himanturi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been reported from the Caribbean Sea. 
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<emphasis id="18EFA2D26D6EA9ED30E1A51FD196D5DA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium cartagenensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from and 
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<emphasis id="9A896BC5EE0FD823CC52975C78D44775" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. garciaprietoi</emphasis>
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sp. nov. by having a greater number of proglottids (13 vs. 7-9, respectively); its scolex is square (300-300), while that of 
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<emphasis id="CB0AAF939C09EB3DF0B0DB320BE91C24" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. garciaprietoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is wider than long (225-320 long 275-323 wide); the loculi of 
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<emphasis id="BAFF842294209AC9BEFCF2E948FF0B52" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. cartagenensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are shorter (1:0.3:0.3 vs. 1:0.4:0.4). The apical pads of 
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<emphasis id="2D528746216D28812560535148E80187" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. cartagenensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are 67 in diameter, and they are relatively elliptical with no invaginations in the hook region; in contrast, those of 
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<emphasis id="96FFDCF5E4AA96CFE08ED3129109FD10" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. garciaprietoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. are larger (76-83 long by 95-110 wide), with an invagination in the region between the hooks. The cephalic peduncle of 
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<emphasis id="83D12E726877485032172AFC6241E39A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. caragenensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is shorter than that of 
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<emphasis id="E01A2A89A2A78852CBC4075DC4D5D0DA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. garciaprietoi</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (180 long by 120 wide vs. 175-288 long by 58-90 wide). The testes of 
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<emphasis id="A77106B8E2897C5A6FF32A50D15B5E2C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. cartagenensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are smaller in diameter (30-45 vs. 50-75 long by 30-55 wide of 
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<emphasis id="78688167AC34FEA3C6F01F10B6A16336" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. garciaprietoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.), but the cirrus sac of 
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<emphasis id="8D46E51600CDE1A2E94DFE4CFC9AAF88" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. garciaprietoi</emphasis>
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sp. nov. is larger. The lobes of the ovary of 
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<emphasis id="99C58C9293D71C881F3EC37384463D41" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. cartagenensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are longer than those of 
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<emphasis id="0DC768256D7660C454F5B30EC49C5CB1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. garciaprietoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (210-390 long by 60-112 wide vs. 133-375 long).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D1403CA79BF9881C3F6520CC47858F6" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
<taxonomicName id="25B46D63B446EFE53B036C1AA5E69519" authorityName="Brooks" authorityYear="1977" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acanthobothrium himanturi" order="Onchoproteocephalidea" pageId="0" pageNumber="175" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="himanturi">
<emphasis id="86E0B85BD14F064097F5798758D53817" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">Acanthobothrium himanturi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the new species by being longer (3.84-9.3 mm vs. 1.3-2.1 mm, respectively), slightly large scolex (240-350 vs. 225-320), longer bothridia (297-432 vs. 245-313) and longer cephalic peduncle (300-1,000 vs. 175-288). The handles of the hooks of 
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<emphasis id="45B533E21557546F8A7D1BC4A7172CE7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. himanturi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are 43-61 long, the abaxial prong is 73-99 long, and the axial prong is 86-116 long, all being longer (28-38, 78-83, 90-105, respectively) than those of 
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<emphasis id="0ED24B978E279F47B9291E0407619D79" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. garciaprietoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. It has a greater number of testes (38-57 vs. 18-26) and the ovarian lobes are longer and narrower (480-600 vs. 133-375) than those of 
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<emphasis id="4E218DFFB37F254ABF68D6BD2A51E4AB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. garciaprietoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8A0ACDCB790F55CDF8054091560FF0C5" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">
Compared to the other two species in Categories 1 and 2, 
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<emphasis id="0B88540E9297C03865F62F3AC1B916A5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. garciaprietoi</emphasis>
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sp. nov. differ from 
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<emphasis id="DB3D1705BDBB82F8675EBE1998815B70" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. carolinae</emphasis>
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by the shorter body (1.3 mm-2.1 mm vs. 1.81mm-3.93, respectively), smaller number of proglottids (7-9 vs. 8-17), and the larger hooks. The new species 
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<emphasis id="3C257B2846D15A819F918DCCDE0FD163" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. garciaprietoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., differs from 
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<emphasis id="9B30918047F2A47E86DA90935A8E0CDD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="175">A. domingae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the body size (1.3 mm -2.1 mm vs. 3.5 mm -5.4 mm, respectively), the number of proglottids (7-9 vs. 14-18, respectively), and the smaller hooks (115-135 vs. 168-238, respectively).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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