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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C61E17EF6E0FE15FDB0FDC2" bold="true" box="[151,514,501,526]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="48">Acanthobothrium lentiginosum</emphasis>
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(
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)
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C61E17EF6E0FD81FE25FDB6" bold="true" box="[151,407,609,634]" pageId="7" pageNumber="48">Specimens deposited:</emphasis>
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(USNPC 103816103819).
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C61E17EF6B0FD65FEBAFD51" bold="true" box="[199,264,645,669]" pageId="7" pageNumber="48">Host:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C61E17EF778FD65FD75FD51" authority="Garman, 1880" authorityName="Garman" authorityYear="1880" box="[271,711,645,669]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Rhinobatidae" genus="Rhinobatos" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="48" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lentiginosus">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C61E17EF778FD65FDACFD51" box="[271,542,645,669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="48">Rhinobatos lentiginosus</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F32641E95C61E17EF453FD65FD33FD51" box="[548,641,645,669]" name="Germany" pageId="7" pageNumber="48">Garman</collectingCountry>
, 1880
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; Atlantic guitarfish;
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:
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.
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Locality:
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Gulf of
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at
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,
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at 9 fathoms
<date id="FF8F27B95C61E17EF590FD2DFB8FFD29" box="[999,1085,717,741]" pageId="7" pageNumber="48" value="1994-10-15">15.x.94</date>
, coll. R. A. Campbell.
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C61E17EF6B0FD11FE3CFCC6" bold="true" box="[199,398,753,778]" pageId="7" pageNumber="48">Site of Infection:</emphasis>
spiral intestine.
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C61E17EF6B0FCF5FEE0FCE1" bold="true" box="[199,338,789,813]" pageId="7" pageNumber="48">Prevalence:</emphasis>
1 of 1 individual examined.
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C61E17EF6B0FCDAFEE3FC9E" bold="true" box="[199,337,826,850]" pageId="7" pageNumber="48">Etymology:</emphasis>
This species is named after its host,
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C61E17EF49BFCD9FC48FC9D" box="[748,1018,825,849]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="48">Rhinobatos lentiginosus</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C61E17EF6B0FCBDFEE9FCBA" bold="true" box="[199,347,861,886]" pageId="7" pageNumber="48">Description:</emphasis>
Based upon measurements of 5 whole mounted specimens and 2 with SEM. Small worms
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(3, n=5) long composed of 57 (6, n=5) segments; strobila acraspedote, euapolytic. Scolex proper 288474 (347, n=5) long by 168304 (227, n=5) wide, composed of 4 triloculate bothridia. Bothridia, 272474 (347, n=8) long by 85140 (111, n=8) wide; mean (BL: BW) 2.7:1. Each of 4 bothridia free at posterior end, acuminate, covered with spinitriches over proximal surfaces and divided into three loculi by muscular septa. Anterior loculus 100 235 (168, n=11) long, middle loculus 4590 (58, n=11) long, posterior loculus 4595 (65, n=11) long; (A: M: P) 1:0.35:0.39. Apical pad 3050 (40, n=6) long by 65120 (88, n=6) wide, bearing a single accessory sucker, 1020 (14, n=8) long by 2040 (29, n=8) wide. Cephalic peduncle 288456 (373, n=5) long by 5280 (65, n=5) wide covered with spinitriches; (BL: CPL) 1: 1.21.6.
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<paragraph id="8B8E01795C61E17EF6B0FB41FE40FAE9" blockId="7.[151,1436,609,2037]" pageId="7" pageNumber="48">Hook dimensions: Hooks of similar shape; handle and prongs about equal in length. Lateral hook (n=6): A = 3540 (38); B= 60100 (82); C= 80110 (88); D= 90135 (114); E= 110150 (125); W= 3040 (38). Medial hook (n=6): A= 3040 (33); B= 75110 (87); C= 65100 (88); D=100140 (118); E= 95140 (123); W= 4060 (45). (THL: BL) 1:2.7 to 1:2.8.</paragraph>
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Strobila: Immature segments, 26 (4, n=5) per worm wider than long becoming longer than wide with maturity. Mature segments, 350570 (483, n=3) long by 135200 (165, n=3) wide, 1 (1, n=4) per worm. Genital pore opening on lateral margin, 5969% (63, n=3) from posterior end of the segment; genital atrium shallow. Cirrus sac near middle of segment, subspherical in mature segments, 60164 (142, n=5) long by 50108 (85, n=5) wide, containing coiled cirrus; cirrus armed with microtriches. Testes arranged in two, single layered columns extending between ovarian lobes near ovarian isthmus to near anterior extremity of segment. Testes 2229 (26, n=3) in number, 57 (6, n=3) preporal, 1013 (12, n=3) aporal, 46 (5, n=3) postporal; subspherical 3050 (37, n=10) long by 2540 (33, n=10) wide. Vas deferens anteromedian, sinuous, enters cirrus sac at adnate pole. Ovary posterior, inverted -A shaped in frontal view (
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), 192418 (272, n=3) long, by 104152 (132, n=3) wide, bilobed in cross-section, lobes approximately equal in length, extending c. 75% distance to cirrus sac from posterior end of segment; ovarian isthmus well posterior. Mehlis gland and ootype small, elongated, c. 1527 long by 1023 wide, located immediately posterior to ovarian isthmus. Vagina thick-walled, ascends along midline as sinuous tube from ootype to cirrus sac, then laterally along anterior border of cirrus sac to enter genital atrium; seminal receptacle, c.
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diameter, at level of ovarian isthmus; vaginal sphincter absent. Vitellarium in 2 lateral follicular columns, each column 12 follicles deep, extending from just posterior to ovarian isthmus to level of the most anterior testes; interrupted by cirrus sac and vagina on poral side. Uterus median, tubular, extending from ootype to near anterior extremity of segment. Excretory ducts lateral.
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C61E17EF6B0F876FE8FF862" bold="true" box="[199,317,1942,1966]" pageId="7" pageNumber="48">Remarks:</emphasis>
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from
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is a category 1 species (SFFS) and possesses ovarian lobes of approximately equal length that reach about 75% of the distance from the posterior end of the segment to the level of the cirrus sac (
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). This is the first species of
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described from a guitarfish (
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) in the Atlantic Ocean and only the fifth species of
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reported from the genus
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F77EFF5CFE3BFF18" box="[265,393,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Rhinobatos</emphasis>
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worldwide.
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reported finding
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F5AAFF5CFB13FF18" box="[989,1185,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium</emphasis>
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in two species of guitarfish from
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but did not describe them. The Atlantic guitarfish,
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F5ADFF01FB31FF34" box="[986,1155,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">R. lentiginosus</emphasis>
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, is found along the east coast of North
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and the Gulf of
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in coastal waters and in
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(
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;
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). Other species of
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F7CBFEC8FD32FE8C" box="[444,640,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium</emphasis>
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described from rhinobatids are:
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F27BFEC8FA93FE8C" box="[1036,1313,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium olseni</emphasis>
Dailey &amp; Mudrey, 1968
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,
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F731FEACFDCEFEA8" box="[326,636,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium rhinobati</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F50BFEACFB00FEA8" box="[892,1202,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium robustum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6EE171F2CCFEACFAC5FEA8" author="Alexander" box="[1211,1399,332,356]" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" refString="Alexander, C. G. (1953) Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Southern California rays. Journal of Parasitology, 39, 481 - 486." type="journal article" year="1953">Alexander, 1953</bibRefCitation>
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all from
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F6A1FE90FE7CFE44" box="[214,462,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Rhinobatos productus</emphasis>
(Ayres)
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;
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F44CFE90FA81FE4B" authority="Sarada, Lakshmi &amp; Rao, 1993" authorityName="Sarada, Lakshmi &amp; Rao" authorityYear="1993" box="[571,1331,367,392]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="satyanarayanaroi">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F44CFE90FC7CFE44" box="[571,974,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium satyanarayanaroi</emphasis>
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Sarada, Lakshmi &amp; Rao,
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in
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F32CFE90FEC5FE60" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Glaucostegus granulatus</emphasis>
(Cuvier)
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; and
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F46EFE74FCE5FE60" box="[537,855,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium southwelli</emphasis>
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Subhapradha,
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in
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F22FFE74FAFBFE60" box="[1112,1353,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Rhinobatos schlegelii</emphasis>
Müller &amp; Henle.
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<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F771FE58FDD0FE1C" box="[262,610,440,464]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="lentiginosum">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F771FE58FDD0FE1C" box="[262,610,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium lentiginosum</emphasis>
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can be differentiated from all of these species using the original descriptions and categorical system of Ghoshroy &amp; Caira (2001) as follows:
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belongs to category
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having an asymmetrical ovary, and
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F7C7FDE0FDD3FDD4" box="[432,609,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. lentiginosum</emphasis>
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possesses fewer testes (2229 vs. 2639) and a shorter cephalic peduncle (288456 vs. 667);
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F70BFDC4FDB4FDF0" box="[380,518,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. rhinobati</emphasis>
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fits categories 9(5) due to the variable number of segments and a symmetrical ovary and is different from
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F7BDFDA8FDCBFDAC" box="[458,633,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. lentiginosum</emphasis>
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by larger overall size (
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. vs.
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) and greater numbers of segments (50 vs. 57) and testes (5162 vs.2229);
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F4BEFD8CFCE1FD48" box="[713,851,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. robustum</emphasis>
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is designated a category 4 species by possessing a symmetrical ovary, and differs in possession of 2 accessory suckers per bothridium and an accessory spur on each outer hook prong;
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F711FD54FDF9FD00" box="[358,587,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. satyanarayanaroi</emphasis>
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is a much larger worm (
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vs.
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) with many segments and testes (8090 vs. 2229); and finally,
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F455FD38FD61FD3C" box="[546,723,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. lentiginosum</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F51DFD38FC4FFD3C" box="[874,1021,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. southwelli</emphasis>
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in the absence of postovarian testes, total number of testes (2229 vs. 34) and number of postporal testes (46 vs. 13).
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F6B0FCC0FD97FCF4" box="[199,549,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium lentiginosum</emphasis>
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differs from other category 1 species in the western Atlantic in the following ways: from
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F756FCA3FD9CFC97" box="[289,558,835,859]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium fogeli</emphasis>
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by the presence of postporal testes and fewer testes in total (2229 vs. 3654); it differs from
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F468FC87FCE8FCB3" box="[543,858,871,895]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium himanturi</emphasis>
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by its smaller size (
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vs.&gt;
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long), fewer segments (57 vs. 1726) and fewer testes (2229 vs. 3857);
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F242FC6AFB5AFC6E" box="[1077,1256,906,930]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. lentiginosum</emphasis>
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lacks a vaginal sphincter and has a more anterior genital pore (5969% vs. 50%) than
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F5DAFC4EFB9CFC0A" box="[941,1070,942,966]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. lineatum</emphasis>
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; it differs from
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F297FC4EFAFAFC0A" box="[1248,1352,942,966]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. lintoni</emphasis>
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in possessing fewer segments (57 vs. ave. 23), and fewer total testes (2229 vs. 3046); it possesses fewer aporal testes (1013 vs. 1734) and shorter ovarian lobes (192418 vs. 620676) than
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F5BDFC15FB8FFBC1" box="[970,1085,1013,1037]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. paulum</emphasis>
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; and
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F20DFC15FA98FBC1" box="[1146,1322,1013,1037]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. lentiginosum</emphasis>
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is smaller (
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vs.
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) and has fewer segments (57 vs. 1830) than
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F58BFBF8FF61FB9F" authority="Ivanov &amp; Campbell, 1998" authorityName="Ivanov &amp; Campbell" authorityYear="1998" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="marplatense">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F58BFBF8FB1AFBFC" box="[1020,1192,1048,1072]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. marplatense</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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In the eastern North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F559FBBFFC53FBBB" box="[814,993,1119,1143]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. lentiginosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
closely resembles
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F2CAFBBFFA90FBBB" box="[1213,1314,1119,1143]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. minus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F44BFB64FD60FB57" box="[572,722,1156,1179]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Raja asterias</emphasis>
Delaroche
</taxonomicName>
from
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and
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F257FB63FAFFFB57" box="[1056,1357,1155,1179]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium mathiasi</emphasis>
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Euzet,
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in
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F681FB46FE75FB72" box="[246,455,1190,1214]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Mustelus mustelus</emphasis>
(Linnaeus)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F4F3FB47FD54FB72" ID-CoL="44QZX" box="[644,742,1191,1214]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Triakidae" genus="Mustelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carcharhiniformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canis">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F4F3FB47FD54FB72" box="[644,742,1191,1214]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">M. canis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Mediterranean Sea.
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F249FB46FA2EFB72" box="[1086,1436,1190,1214]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium lentiginosum</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F75DFB29FE36FB2D" box="[298,388,1225,1249]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. minu</emphasis>
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s in numerous characters including the distribution of testes (preovarian testes vs. between ovarian lobes), ovarian symmetry and extent of ovarian lobes (75% of distance to cirrus sac vs. beyond level of cirrus sac). It differs from
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F7D6FAF0FD93FAE4" box="[417,545,1296,1320]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. mathiasi</emphasis>
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in possessing a shorter total hook length (100140 vs. 155200) and fewer testes per segment (2229 vs. 2643). Other small species of
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F540FAD4FC49FA80" box="[823,1019,1332,1356]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium</emphasis>
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from the eastern North Atlantic that have been reported from various hosts including rhinobatids and are &lt;
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total length, have similar scolex morphology and hook form and have &lt;30 testes are:
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F4A3FA9BFBA2FA5F" box="[724,1040,1403,1427]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="dujardinii">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F4A3FA9BFBA2FA5F" box="[724,1040,1403,1427]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium dujardinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
van
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F373FA9BFDB0FA7A" authority="Williams, 1969" authorityName="Williams" authorityYear="1969" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="edwardsi">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F373FA9BFEF2FA7A" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium edwardsi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6EE171F738FA7EFDB0FA7A" author="Williams" box="[335,514,1438,1462]" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" refString="Williams, H. H. (1969) The Genus Acanthobothrium Beneden 1849 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea). Nytt Magasin for Zoologi, 17, 1 - 56." type="journal article" year="1969">Williams, 1969</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F420FA7FFBB9FA7A" ID-CoL="793LF" authority="Linnaeus" authorityName="Linnaeus" box="[599,1035,1438,1462]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fullonica" subGenus="Leucoraja">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F420FA7FFD3EFA7A" box="[599,652,1439,1462]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Raja</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F4D3FA7FFCA5FA7A" box="[676,791,1439,1462]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Leucoraja</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F558FA7EFC21FA7A" box="[815,915,1438,1462]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">fullonica</emphasis>
Linnaeus
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F269FA7EFEF1FA15" authority="Williams, 1968" authorityName="Williams" authorityYear="1968" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="quadripartitum">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F269FA7EFA29FA7A" box="[1054,1435,1438,1462]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium quadripartitum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6EE171F6E0FA21FEF1FA15" author="Williams" box="[151,323,1473,1497]" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" refString="Williams, H. H. (1968) Acanthobothrium quadripartitum sp. nov. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Raja naevus in the North Sea and English Channel. Parasitology, 58, 105 - 110." type="journal article" year="1968">Williams, 1968</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F7FDFA23FD33FA16" ID-CoL="6X3LZ" authority="Montagu" authorityName="Montagu" box="[394,641,1474,1498]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="naevus">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F7FDFA23FDA6FA16" box="[394,532,1475,1498]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Raja naevus</emphasis>
Montagu
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F4CDFA22FB0AFA15" authority="Williams, 1969" authorityName="Williams" authorityYear="1969" box="[698,1208,1473,1498]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="tripartitum">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F4CDFA22FBB2FA16" box="[698,1024,1474,1498]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium tripartitum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6EE171F27FFA21FB0AFA15" author="Williams" box="[1032,1208,1473,1497]" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" refString="Williams, H. H. (1969) The Genus Acanthobothrium Beneden 1849 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea). Nytt Magasin for Zoologi, 17, 1 - 56." type="journal article" year="1969">Williams, 1969</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. Despite the numerous hosts and disparate localities reported for
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F4EBFA05FC99FA31" box="[668,811,1509,1533]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="dujardinii">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F4EBFA05FC99FA31" box="[668,811,1509,1533]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. dujardinii</emphasis>
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discussed by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6EE171F5BFFA05FB32FA31" author="Williams" box="[968,1152,1509,1533]" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" refString="Williams, H. H. (1969) The Genus Acanthobothrium Beneden 1849 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea). Nytt Magasin for Zoologi, 17, 1 - 56." type="journal article" year="1969">Williams (1969)</bibRefCitation>
it is distinct from
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F326FA05FEB4F9ED" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="lentiginosum">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F326FA05FEB4F9ED" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. lentiginosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the possession of marginal lappets on the bothridia, as is
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F5B5F9E9FBFBF9ED" box="[962,1097,1545,1569]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="edwardsi">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F5B5F9E9FBFBF9ED" box="[962,1097,1545,1569]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. edwardsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see illustrations of
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;
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, 39,47), which also differs in having ovarian lobes that extend to the cirrus sac.
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F2AFF9CCFE9AF9A4" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium lentiginosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F7CBF9B0FD35F9A4" box="[444,647,1616,1640]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="quadripartitum">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F7CBF9B0FD35F9A4" box="[444,647,1616,1640]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. quadripartitum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in number of testes (2229 vs. 18), locular ratio and total hook length (90140 vs. 8090) and from
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F798F993FD39F947" box="[495,651,1651,1675]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. tripartitum</emphasis>
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in testis number (2229 vs. 1316) and ovarian symmetry and form where the lobes do not reach or exceed the level of the cirrus sac as they do in
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F271F976FB13F962" box="[1030,1185,1686,1710]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="tripartitum">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F271F976FB13F962" box="[1030,1185,1686,1710]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. tripartitum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8E01795C6EE171F6B0F95AFC0DF822" blockId="8.[151,1436,151,2031]" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F6B0F95AFD97F91E" box="[199,549,1722,1746]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="lentiginosum">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F6B0F95AFD97F91E" box="[199,549,1722,1746]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium lentiginosum</emphasis>
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can be differentiated from category 1 species from the eastern Pacific as follows: it has a smaller anterior loculus (100235 vs. 272310), and shorter medial and lateral total hook lengths (100140, 90135 vs. 163166, 193195) than
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F4D8F8E1FA32F8D5" authority="Marques, Brooks &amp; Barriga, 1997" authorityName="Marques, Brooks &amp; Barriga" authorityYear="1997" box="[687,1408,1793,1817]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="atahualpai">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F4D8F8E1FC46F8D5" box="[687,1012,1793,1817]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium atahualpai</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6EE171F58BF8E2FA32F8D5" author="Marques" box="[1020,1408,1793,1817]" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" refString="Marques, F., Brooks, D. R. &amp; Barriga, R. (1997) Six species of Acanthobothrium (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea) in stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Myliobatoidei) from Ecuador. Journal of Parasitology, 83, 475 - 484." type="journal article" year="1997">Marques, Brooks &amp; Barriga, 1997</bibRefCitation>
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; it possesses fewer testes than
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6EE171F7A3F8C5FC5EF8F0" authority="Caira &amp; Burge, 2001" authorityName="Caira &amp; Burge" authorityYear="2001" box="[468,1004,1828,1853]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="dollyae">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F7A3F8C5FD41F8F1" box="[468,755,1829,1853]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium dollyae</emphasis>
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(2229 vs. 4255); it possesses more testes (2229 vs. 610) and has a more anterior genital pore (5869% vs. 1037%) than
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F206F8A8FF73F84F" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium minisculum</emphasis>
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; it is shorter than
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F55AF88BFBF8F84F" box="[813,1098,1899,1923]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium monski</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
(23 vs.
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) and possesses fewer segments (57 vs. 2448);
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F274F86FFB06F86B" box="[1027,1204,1935,1959]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. lentiginosum</emphasis>
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has fewer segments (
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19) and lacks the vaginal sphincter and protruding genital pore of
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F273F852FB12F806" box="[1028,1184,1970,1994]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">A. nicoyaense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; and it has fewer segments than
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6EE171F76FF836FDBDF822" box="[280,527,2006,2030]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Acanthobothrium royi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
(57 vs. 1926).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6FE170F6E0F86FFEF0F869" bold="true" box="[151,322,1935,1958]" pageId="9" pageNumber="50">FIGURES 913</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6FE170F727F86FFD3EF869" box="[336,652,1935,1957]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="50">Acanthobothrium lentiginosum</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6FE170F4E4F870FD57F869" bold="true" box="[659,741,1936,1957]" pageId="9" pageNumber="50">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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from the Atlantic guitarfish.
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. Scolex.
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. Hooks.
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. Mature segment. Note posterior extent of testes.
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6FE170F460F851FD82F80A" bold="true" box="[535,560,1969,1990]" pageId="9" pageNumber="50">12</emphasis>
. Detail of bilobed ovary, inverted A-shaped.
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6FE170F588F851FBADF80A" bold="true" box="[1023,1055,1969,1990]" pageId="9" pageNumber="50">13.</emphasis>
Entire worm. Scale bars:
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6FE170F35EF850FF02F824" bold="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="50">Figs. 9, 11, 13</emphasis>
= 100 µm.
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6FE170F757F832FE2BF824" bold="true" box="[288,409,2002,2025]" pageId="9" pageNumber="50">Figs. 10, 12</emphasis>
= 50 µm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B8E01795C6CE173F6B0FF78FC3DFE4B" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1040]" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">
In the Indo-Pacific region
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F798FF78FD2DFF7C" box="[495,671,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">A. lentiginosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be differentiated from five category 1 species by the absence of postovarian testes (
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F70FFF5CFD3AFF18" box="[376,648,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium foulki</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F5E0FF5CFA87FF18" box="[919,1333,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium marymichaelorum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F7FFFF00FD10FF34" box="[392,674,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium larsoni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F5D6FF00FB1BFF34" box="[929,1193,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium saliki</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6CE173F2C6FF3FFA25FF3B" author="Fyler" box="[1201,1431,223,247]" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" refString="Fyler, C. A. &amp; Caira, J. N. (2006) Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the freshwater stingray Himantura chaophraya (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) in Malaysion Borneo. Journal of Parasitology, 92, 105 - 125." type="journal article" year="2006">Fyler &amp; Caira, 2006</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; and
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F6B2FEE4FEEAFED0" box="[197,344,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">A. southwelli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). It lacks the weak horizontal band of musculature running across the posterior loculi of
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6CE173F342FEE4FDFAFEF3" authority="Fyler &amp; Caira, 2006" authorityName="Fyler &amp; Caira" authorityYear="2006" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="asnihae">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F342FEE4FEEEFE8C" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium asnihae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F408FEC8FC10FE8C" box="[639,930,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium gnomus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6CE173F5DDFEC7FB28FEF3" author="Reyda" box="[938,1178,295,319]" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" refString="Reyda, F. B. &amp; Caira, J. N. (2006) Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Himantura uarnicoides (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in Malaysian Borneo. Comparative Parasitology, 73, 49 - 71." type="journal article" year="2006">Reyda &amp; Caira, 2006</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and it has fewer testes (2229 vs. 4445) than
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F7D8FEACFD74FEA8" box="[431,710,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium guptai</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6CE173F4A7FEACFC4DFEA8" author="Shinde" box="[720,1023,332,356]" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" refString="Shinde, G. B. &amp; Bhagwan, H. K. (2002) Acanthobothrium guptai n. sp. (Cestoda: Onchobothriidae) from Trygon sephen. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology, 22, 207 - 209." type="journal article" year="2002">Shinde &amp; Bhagwan, 2002</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F27AFEACFADEFEA8" box="[1037,1388,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium lentiginosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has fewer segments than
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F7F3FE90FE5DFE44" box="[388,495,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">A. zainali</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6CE173F781FE8FFD65FE4B" author="Fyler" box="[502,727,367,391]" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" refString="Fyler, C. A. &amp; Caira, J. N. (2006) Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the freshwater stingray Himantura chaophraya (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) in Malaysion Borneo. Journal of Parasitology, 92, 105 - 125." type="journal article" year="2006">Fyler &amp; Caira, 2006</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(57 vs. 1926)
</paragraph>
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In the waters of
<collectingCountry id="F32641E95C6CE173F7F1FE74FE42FE60" box="[390,496,404,428]" name="Australia" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Australia</collectingCountry>
, numerous species belonging to category 1 have been described by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6CE173F289FE74FEEDFE03" author="Campbell" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" refString="Campbell, R. A. &amp; Beveridge, I. (2002) The genus Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) parasitic in Australian fishes. Invertebrate Systematics, 16, 237 - 344." type="journal article" year="2002">Campbell and Beveridge (2002)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6CE173F71BFE57FDEEFE03" author="Fyler" box="[364,604,439,463]" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" refString="Fyler, C. A. &amp; Caira, J. N. (2006) Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the freshwater stingray Himantura chaophraya (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) in Malaysion Borneo. Journal of Parasitology, 92, 105 - 125." type="journal article" year="2006">Fyler &amp; Caira (2006)</bibRefCitation>
and
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Fyler
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F4A0FE59FCA2FE1C" box="[727,784,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">et al.</emphasis>
(2009)
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. A
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F5F1FE58FB63FE1C" box="[902,1233,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">
canthobothrium
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6CE173F236FE58FB63FE1C" box="[1089,1233,440,464]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="lentiginosum">lentiginosum</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
differs from each of these as follows: from
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F7C1FE3CFD54FE38" box="[438,742,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium bartonae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6CE173F499FE3CFB8BFE38" author="Campbell" box="[750,1081,476,500]" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" refString="Campbell, R. A. &amp; Beveridge, I. (2002) The genus Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) parasitic in Australian fishes. Invertebrate Systematics, 16, 237 - 344." type="journal article" year="2002">Campbell &amp; Beveridge, 2002</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
by bothridial shape (acuminate vs. rounded), and longer abaxial prongs (65100/80100 vs. 5467/61 65); it possesses fewer testes than
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6CE173F342FDE0FD0AFDF0" authority="Campbell &amp; Beveridge, 2002" authorityName="Campbell &amp; Beveridge" authorityYear="2002" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="clarkae">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F342FDE0FEE9FDF0" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium clarkae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6CE173F713FDC4FD0AFDF0" author="Campbell" box="[356,696,548,572]" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" refString="Campbell, R. A. &amp; Beveridge, I. (2002) The genus Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) parasitic in Australian fishes. Invertebrate Systematics, 16, 237 - 344." type="journal article" year="2002">Campbell &amp; Beveridge, 2002</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F4B2FDC4FB89FDF0" box="[709,1083,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium laurenbrownae</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F6E0FDA8FE71FDAC" box="[151,451,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium urolophi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6CE173F7BCFDA7FDC1FD93" author="Schmidt" box="[459,627,583,607]" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" refString="Schmidt, G. D. (1973) Acanthobothrium urolophi sp. n., a tetraphyllidean cestode (Onchobothriidae) from an Australian stingaree. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 40, 91 - 93." type="journal article" year="1973">Schmidt, 1973</bibRefCitation>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F4C7FDA8FC6CFDAC" box="[688,990,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium pearsoni</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA07C885C6CE173F590FDA7FB26FD93" author="Williams" box="[999,1172,583,607]" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" refString="Williams, H. H. (1962) Acanthobothrium sp. nov. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) and a comment on the order Biporophyllaeidea. Parasitology, 52, 67 - 76." type="journal article" year="1962">Williams, 1962</bibRefCitation>
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(2229 vs. 4552, 31 46, 3441, 5660 respectively) but has more testes than
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F569FD8CFB8FFD48" box="[798,1085,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium martini</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F6E0FD70FE0FFD64" box="[151,445,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium stevensi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F511FD70FB2CFD64" box="[870,1182,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium thomasae</emphasis>
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(2229 vs. 811, 1418, 1218 respectively); it lacks the vaginal sphincter and short cephalic peduncle (288456 vs. 25150) of
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F7A3FD38FCBAFD3C" box="[468,776,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium mooreae</emphasis>
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; it lacks the very long microtriches on the cephalic peduncle and has fewer postporal testes (46 vs. 712) than
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F2F6FD1CFF67FCF4" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium odonoghuei</emphasis>
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; it possesses longer bothridia (240430 vs. 170228) and longer medial hook prongs (5075 vs. 3459) than
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F781FCA4FCBBFC90" box="[502,777,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium rohdei</emphasis>
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; it has more postporal testes (46 vs. 02), fewer segments (57 vs. 1623) and longer lateral abaxial hook lengths (80110 vs. 6575) than
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6CE173F6E0FC6CFCA6FC68" authority="Fyler, Caira &amp; Jensen, 2009" authorityName="Fyler, Caira &amp; Jensen" authorityYear="2009" box="[151,788,908,932]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="romanowi">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F6E0FC6CFE60FC68" box="[151,466,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium romanowi</emphasis>
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; it has fewer segments (57 vs. 913) and smaller suckers (1020 vs. 3553) than
<taxonomicName id="4C317AFA5C6CE173F7E8FC50FBE8FC0B" authority="Fyler, Caira &amp; Jensen, 2009" authorityName="Fyler, Caira &amp; Jensen" authorityYear="2009" box="[415,1114,943,968]" class="Cestoda" family="Onchobothriidae" genus="Acanthobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraphyllidea" pageId="10" pageNumber="51" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="oceanharvestae">
<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F7E8FC50FCA8FC04" box="[415,794,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium oceanharvestae</emphasis>
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; and it is distinct from
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<emphasis id="B945DD6B5C6CE173F32EFC50FE31FC20" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="51">Acanthobothrium zimmeri</emphasis>
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Fyler, Caira &amp; Jensen,
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in having more postporal testes (46 vs. 12) and in lacking testes posterior to the ovarian isthmus (0 vs. 26).
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