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<taxonomicName id="4C4BF4DDFFDC66427EDFFC9D9FD3FC0C" ID-CoL="4B789" authority="(Linton, 1909) Dollfus, 1942" authorityName="(Linton, 1909) Dollfus" authorityYear="1942" box="[151,757,871,897]" class="Cestoda" family="Otobothriidae" genus="Otobothrium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trypanorhyncha" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="curtum">
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDC66427EDFFC9D9CB5FC0C" bold="true" box="[151,403,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Otobothrium curtum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFDAF2AFFFDC66427FEAFC9D9F65FC0C" author="Linton" box="[418,579,871,897]" pageId="6" pageNumber="25" refString="Linton E. (1909) Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. I. Cestodes. Papers from the marine biological institute at Tortugas. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 102, 157 - 190." type="journal article" year="1909">Linton, 1909</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFDAF2AFFFDC66427C1AFC9D9FD3FC0C" author="Dollfus" box="[594,757,871,897]" pageId="6" pageNumber="25" refString="Dollfus, R. - P. (1942) Etudes critiques sur les Tetrarhynques du Museum de Paris. Archives du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 19, 1 - 466." type="journal article" year="1942">Dollfus, 1942</bibRefCitation>
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(
<figureCitation id="137093DBFFDC66427ED7FC709C39FC29" box="[159,287,906,932]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 9 14" captionStart-1="FIGURES 15 20" captionStartId-0="8.[151,269,1842,1866]" captionStartId-1="9.[151,269,1862,1886]" captionTargetBox-0="[188,1364,193,1841]" captionTargetBox-1="[188,1383,183,1861]" captionTargetId-0="figure@8.[188,1398,132,1846]" captionTargetId-1="figure@9.[188,1398,176,1890]" captionTargetPageId-0="8" captionTargetPageId-1="9" captionText-0="FIGURES 9 14. Otobothrium curtum (Linton, 1909) based on specimens from New Caledonia. 9, Entire mature worm. 10, Scolex, lateral view. 11, Scolex, dorso-ventral view. 12, Bulb. 13, Mature segment. 14, Terminal genitalia. Scalebars: Fig. 9, 1.0 mm; Figs. 10 - 14, 0.1 mm." captionText-1="FIGURES 15 20. Otobothrium curtum (Linton, 1909), tentacular armature, based on specimens from New Caledonia. 15, Metabasal armature, antibothrial surface, 22 hook rows from base. 16, Metabasal armature, internal surface, 13 hook rows from base. 17, Metabasal armature, external surface, 16 hook rows from base. 18, Basal armature, antibothrial surface. 19, Basal armature, external surface. 20, Metabasal armature, external surface, showing alternate numbering of hooks. Scale bar: 0.01 mm." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/178498/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/178499/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Figs. 920</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="137093DBFFDC66427F63FC709C53FC29" box="[299,373,906,932]" captionStart="FIGURES 51 54" captionStartId="20.[151,269,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[318,1267,802,1880]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[312,1276,794,1885]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURES 51 54. Scanning electron micrographs of scoleces of Otobothrium curtum (Linton, 1909) and Otobothrium parvum n. sp. 51, Scolex of O. curtum. 52, Bothrial margin of O. curtum lacking bothrial pits. 53, Scolex of O. parvum. 54, Bothrial margin of O. parvum with bothrial pit. Scale-bars: Figs. 51, 53, 0.1 mm.; Figs. 52, 54, 0.01 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/178506/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">5152</figureCitation>
)
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Syn.
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDC66427E85FC209CF9FC7C" box="[205,479,986,1009]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Rhynchobothrium curtum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFDAF2AFFFDC66427FADFC209F49FC7C" author="Linton" box="[485,623,986,1009]" pageId="6" pageNumber="25" refString="Linton E. (1909) Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. I. Cestodes. Papers from the marine biological institute at Tortugas. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 102, 157 - 190." type="journal article" year="1909">Linton, 1909</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDC66427EDFFBD89DC1FBB1" bold="true" box="[151,231,1058,1084]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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:
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USNPC 9000.
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDC66427E8FFBB09C6FFBE9" bold="true" box="[199,329,1098,1124]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<typeStatus id="54F031FCFFDC66427E8FFBB09C22FBE9" box="[199,260,1098,1124]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Type</typeStatus>
host:
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDC66427F19FBB19F0CFBE9" box="[337,554,1099,1124]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Galeocerdo cuvier</emphasis>
(Péron &amp; Lesueur, 1822)
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.
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDC66427E8FFB889C56FB01" bold="true" box="[199,368,1138,1164]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<typeStatus id="54F031FCFFDC66427E8FFB889C22FB01" box="[199,260,1138,1164]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Type</typeStatus>
locality:
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<collectingCountry id="F35CCFCEFFDC66427F30FB889CC7FB01" box="[376,481,1138,1164]" name="Haiti" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Tortugas</collectingCountry>
, Florida,
<collectingCountry id="F35CCFCEFFDC66427C07FB889FABFB01" box="[591,653,1138,1164]" name="United States of America" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">USA</collectingCountry>
,
<date id="FFF5A99EFFDC66427CD1FB889E07FB01" box="[665,801,1138,1164]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="1906-07-02">2. vii. 1906</date>
, coll. E. Linton.
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDC66427E8FFB609C7CFB39" bold="true" box="[199,346,1178,1204]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Site in host:</emphasis>
spiral valve.
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDC66427E8FFB389CE7FB51" bold="true" box="[199,449,1218,1244]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Material examined:</emphasis>
From
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDC66427C5DFB399FD4FB51" box="[533,754,1219,1244]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Galeocerdo cuvier</emphasis>
(Péron &amp; Lesueur, 1822)
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:
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;
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, Baie de Prony,
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, from two sharks (
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1207H1H26, 1414A1A20);
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, Mackay, Qld,
<collectingCountry id="F35CCFCEFFDC66427E99FAE89C1AFAA1" box="[209,316,1298,1324]" name="Australia" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Australia</collectingCountry>
(
<collectionCode id="ED5A179BFFDC66427F04FAE89CABFAA1" box="[332,397,1298,1324]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mhew-9czz" name="South African Museum" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">SAM</collectionCode>
29088).
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDC66427E8FFAC09CAEFAD9" bold="true" box="[199,392,1338,1364]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Re-description:</emphasis>
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: all immature, length 2.455.42 (3.47, n=5) mm, with 919 (13, n=5) segments; scolex length 260340 (300, n=5); maximum width at level of bulbs 80120 (100, n=5); pars bothrialis 220 290 (240, n=5) long, bothrial width 120190 (160, n=3); pars vaginalis 180240 (210, n=5) long; bulbs 7098 (82, n=5) long, 3050 (45, n=5) wide. Most mature segment
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long, 350 wide; genital pore to posterior end 380; genitalia poorly developed; testes 25 post-ovarian, 1 testis between ovary and genital atrium; hundreds of testes (not countable) anterior to ovaries.
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Specimens from
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: Longest cestode
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, maximum width 500, with 65 segments; hyperapolytic. Scolex acraspedote, 500700 (585, n=10) long; maximum width in pars bulbosa 190260 (230, n=10). Two narrow, elongate bothria extending to anterior extremity of bulbs; pars bothrialis 310490 (395, n=10), width of bothria 250; bothrial pits absent. Pars vaginalis equal in length to pars bothrialis, 310510 (395, n=10) long; tentacle sheaths straight in anterior part, sinuous anterior to bulbs. Bulbs ovoid, 140160 (154, n=10) long, 80100 (89, n=10) wide; prebulbar organ absent; retractor muscle originates in anterior part of bulb, insertion continued posteriorly by band of nucleated tissue; pars post-bulbosa absent.
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Everted tentacles up to 670 long; slight basal swelling present; diameter at base 2538 (30, n=10), diameter in distal region 1525 (22, n=10). Armature heteroacanthous, atypical, heteromorphous; hooks hollow. Hook files begin on internal surface of tentacle, terminate on external surface; 7 hooks per row; space present between hook files 1 and 1 on internal surface of tentacle. Distinctive basal armature absent. Hooks 1(1) large, uncinate, with broad base, 1012 (11, n=5) long, base 810 (9, n=5); hooks 2(2), erect, with broad blade and relatively long base, 1014 (12, n=5) long, base 78 (7.5, n=5); hooks 3(3) longer, slender, falcate, with shorter base, 1316 (15, n=5) long, base 68 (7, n=5); hooks 4(4) shorter, falcate, with smaller bases, 8 11(10, n=5) long, base 47 (5, n=5); hooks 5(5) short, spiniform, 513 (9, n=5) long, base 35 (4, n=5); hooks 6(6) short, spiniform, 68 (7, n=5) long, base 13 (2, n=5); hooks 7(7) short, spiniform, 56 (6, n=5) long, base 12 (1.6, n=5). In metabasal region, single intercalary row of hooks between each principal row; intercalary hooks spiniform, 38 (6, n=5) long, base 12 (1.4, n=5); in basal region on external surface, 2
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intercalary rows with 2
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intercalary hooks per row.
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Mature segments elongate, acraspedote, 1.912.87 (2.23, n=5) mm long, maximum width 280550 (450, n=5); segment length: width ratio 4.17.0 (5.2, n=5); genital pores alternate irregularly, 450660 (530, n=5) from posterior end of segment. Terminal genital ducts visible only in hyperapolytic segments. Deeply staining areas anterior and posterior to genital atrium. Hermaphroditic sac thin-walled, 220300 (260, n=5) long, 110 180 (146, n=5) wide. Cirrus joins vagina in distal part of hermaphroditic sac; cirrus corrugated, muscular, unarmed, leads to small internal seminal vesicle at proximal pole of hermaphroditic sac; vesicle not visible in all specimens, 3070 (57, n=3) long, 2040 (28, n=3) wide; external seminal vesicle absent, but initial coils of vas deferens with distinctive cellular wall. Vas deferens coiling posteriorly to ovarian isthmus. Testes intervascular, arranged in single layer throughout medulla, not reaching anterior part of segment; testes 4565 (56, n=10) long, 3358 (42, n=10) wide; total number of testes per segment 289345 (316, n=5), with 4957 (53, n=5) post-ovarian, 36 (5, n=5) post-vaginal, and 233291 (259, n=5) prevaginal/aporal. Vagina penetrates proximal pole of hermaphroditic duct, then runs posteriorly to ovarian isthmus; seminal receptacle absent. Ovary bilobed in dorso-ventral view, tetra-lobed in transverse section, lobes 330550 (390, n=5) long, 160 230 (210, n=5) wide; Mehlis gland posterior to ovarian isthmus, 150-220 (170, n=5) in diameter. Vitelline follicles circum-medullary, 1530 (20, n=10) in diameter. Uterine duct coils anteriorly from Mehlis gland to level of hermaphroditic sac; uterus extends from this point to anterior quarter of segment, not reaching anterior extent of testes; uterine pore absent. Ventral osmoregulatory canal 1343 (23, n=5) in diameter, with transverse canal 1338 (19, n=5) connecting ventral canals at posterior end of each segment; dorsal canal tiny, c.
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diameter, internal to ventral canal.
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Hyperapolytic segments 3.88.4 (5.8, n=5) mm long, 640840 (790, n=5) wide; length to width ratio 5.1 10.3 (7.3, n=5); genital pore 6801780 (1170, n=5) from posterior end. Single pre-gravid segment
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diameter; uterus elongate, saccate, without lateral lobes; eggs yellow, ovoid, 4553 (49, n=10) long, 2830 (29, n=10) wide.
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDD66437E8FFA959C66FA04" bold="true" box="[199,320,1391,1417]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Remarks.</emphasis>
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gave a very brief description of this species based on specimens collected from a tiger shark,
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, off the eastern coast of the
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at Dry
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, Florida. The specimens he described were immature (
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long in his description, maximum length
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specimens) and no tentacles were everted. He also reported plerocerci from the serranids
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(Bloch, 1792)
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and
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(Poey, 1860)
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.
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allocated the species to
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDD66437A36F9EA9876F9A4" box="[1150,1360,1552,1577]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Rhynchobothrium</emphasis>
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rather than to his genus
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDD66437F2CF9C29CDDF9DC" box="[356,507,1592,1617]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Otobothrium</emphasis>
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because it did not possess observable bothrial pits.
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included the species in
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDD66437F59F99A9C8EF9F4" box="[273,424,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Otobothrium</emphasis>
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, but doubted its validity, and suggested that it may be a synonym of
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDD66437A85F99A984DF9F4" box="[1229,1387,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">O. crenacolle</emphasis>
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. He stated, correctly, that it was not uncommon to encounter difficulties in finding the bothrial pits in the known species of
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDD66437F5BF94A9C8CF944" box="[275,426,1712,1737]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Otobothrium</emphasis>
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. He considered the other characters used by
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to distinguish this species, the lack of divergence of the bulbs and the supposed &quot;lateral&quot; bothria to be due to intraspecific variation in the former case, or a simple error in the latter case.
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and
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listed it as a species of
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDD66437EDFF8D29C08F8CC" box="[151,302,1832,1857]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Otobothrium</emphasis>
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, however, Palm (2004) synonymised the species with
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDD66437DFCF8D29975F8CC" box="[948,1107,1832,1857]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">O. crenacolle</emphasis>
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with no explanation for his action.
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The new material from
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDD66437FA9F8829F9AF81C" box="[481,700,1912,1937]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Galeocerdo cuvier</emphasis>
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from
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and
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demonstrates that
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFDD66437B0EF8829DE5F834" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">O. curtum</emphasis>
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is indeed a valid species and is apparently specific to tiger sharks. It is readily distinguished from congeners in its narrow, elongate bothria which are, on average, as long as the pars vaginalis, in the size and shape of its mature segments and in the number of testes per segment (289345 compared with
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFD0664E7B64FF629DF6FF54" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">O. crenacolle</emphasis>
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). Differences exist also in the armature of the metabasal region of the tentacle where there are seven hooks per principal row compared with smaller numbers in most related species. However, depending on how the hooks are numbered, there may be seven hooks in each principal row with an intercalary row of three hooks (
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). In this case, hooks 7 and 7' form a file running along the middle of the external surface of the tentacle. An alternative method of numbering the hooks (
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) would allow six hooks in each principal row, with four hooks in each intercalary row, the fourth hooks d and d' forming a file on the external surface of the tentacle. Since there are no morphological differences between the terminal hooks of the principal rows and the intercalary hooks, either method of numbering the hooks is considered to be equally appropriate.
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFD2664C7EDFF8C89C6FF8C7" bold="true" box="[151,329,1842,1866]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">FIGURES 914</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFD2664C7F1FF8C99F14F8C7" box="[343,562,1843,1866]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Otobothrium curtum</emphasis>
(Linton, 1909)
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based on specimens from New Caledonia.
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, Entire mature worm.
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, Scolex, lateral view.
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Scolex, dorso-ventral view.
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, Bulb.
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, Mature segment.
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, Terminal genitalia. Scalebars: Fig. 9, 1.0 mm; Figs. 10-14, 0.1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFD3664D7EDFF8BC9C7EF8D3" bold="true" box="[151,344,1862,1886]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">FIGURES 1520</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B93F534CFFD3664D7F2EF8BD9F62F8D3" box="[358,580,1863,1886]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Otobothrium curtum</emphasis>
(Linton, 1909)
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, tentacular armature, based on specimens from New Caledonia.
<emphasis id="B93F534CFFD3664D7EDFF8919D94F80E" bold="true" box="[151,178,1899,1923]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">15</emphasis>
, Metabasal armature, antibothrial surface, 22 hook rows from base.
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, Metabasal armature, internal surface, 13 hook rows from base.
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, Metabasal armature, external surface, 16 hook rows from base.
<emphasis id="B93F534CFFD3664D7A52F86B9913F824" bold="true" box="[1050,1077,1937,1961]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">18</emphasis>
, Basal armature, antibothrial surface.
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, Basal armature, external surface.
<emphasis id="B93F534CFFD3664D7C38F84C9FADF843" bold="true" box="[624,651,1974,1998]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">20</emphasis>
, Metabasal armature, external surface, showing alternate numbering of hooks. Scale bar: 0.01 mm.
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As indicated originally by
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, there are no bothrial pits. In this study, they were not detected either by light or scanning electron microscopy. Dollfus' (1942) general observation that bothrial pits may be difficult to detect is undisputed, but the wide range of specimens available for this study and the use of scanning electron microscopy confirms that, in this species, bothrial pits and/or modified microtriches do not exist. In the related genus
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Yamaguti, 1952
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, Palm (2004) demonstrated that the bothrial pits were very small, only readily detectable using electron microscopy and were identifiable based on the presence of modified microtriches. However, in the case of
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, even scanning electron microscopy failed to detect the existence of bothrial pits or modified microtriches. Although this is a key distinguishing feature of the genus,
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is retained provisionally within the genus.
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The mature and gravid segments described in this species were clearly attributable to
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since the entire contents of the spiral valves of two tiger sharks from
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were examined microscopically and the only trypanorhynch cestode present was
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.
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and
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are new locality records for this species.
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