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Longnose stingray.
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Spiral intestine.
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44.9% (31 of 69 valves).
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF90E66A1AC6FB0FFE8EFADA" bold="true" box="[199,338,1261,1287]" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Etymology:</emphasis>
This species honors Dr. Denis Jacob Machado for his contribution to the systematics of cestodes through his expertise in bioinformatics.
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[Based on
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: 29 whole mounts of mature worms, 2 scolexes prepared for SEM and cross sections of 6 mature proglottids]: Worms apolytic,
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(n=29) long with 2045 proglottids (n=29) in number, maximum width 439.5761 (n=10) at level of scolex (
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). Scolex (
<figureCitation id="130B2A1DFF90E66A1E95FA9FFB2AFA4A" box="[1172,1270,1405,1431]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1880,1904]" captionTargetBox="[170,1402,187,1833]" captionTargetId="figure-24@10.[159,1429,181,1837]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 4. Line drawings of Anthocephalum machadoi n. sp. (AC) and Anthocephalum miriamae n. sp. (DF). A. Terminal mature proglottid (HWML 217942); B. Scolex (HWML 217942); C. Terminal genitalia (HWML 217942); D. Terminal genitalia (HWML 217950); E. Scolex (HWML 217950); F. Terminal mature proglottid (MIUP H 0086)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14830740" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14830740/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Figs. 4B</figureCitation>
,
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) with four stalked bothridia, each one with 7696 (n=10) marginal loculi and one oval apical sucker; apical sucker 33.645.1 (n=4) long by 29.532.7 (n=4) wide. Short cephalic peduncle present. Proximal surfaces of marginal loculi next to the bothridial rims covered with acicular filitriches and scolopate spinithriches (
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); bothridial rims and proximal surface of marginal loculi covered with acicular filitriches (
<figureCitation id="130B2A1DFF90E66A19A0F9EFFC27F9F5" box="[929,1019,1549,1576]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1144,1168]" captionTargetBox="[162,1426,181,1120]" captionTargetId="figure-24@12.[162,1426,181,1120]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 5. Scanning electron micrographs of Anthocephalum machadoi n. sp. (AE) and Anthocephalum miriamae n. sp. (FJ). A, F. Scolex, Letters in scolexes indicate locations of BE and GJ, respectively. B, G. Marginal loculi, C, H. Proximal surface of marginal loculus, D, I. Proximal surface of bothridial rim, E, J. Distal surface of bothridium." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14830742" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14830742/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Fig. 5D</figureCitation>
); distal surfaces of bothridia covered with capiliform filitriches (
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).
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Proglottids slightly craspedote. Immature proglottids wider than long, becoming longer than wide with maturity,
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number (n = 29) (
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) 1,0661,749.6 (n=15) long by 125.2225.3 (n=15) wide,
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number (n = 29). Testes arranged in two columns from near anterior margin of proglottid to level of genital pore, and 1 row-deep in cross-section (
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,
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). Testes 35.572.5 (n=17) long by 28.155.8 (n=17) wide, 3546 (n=17) in number. Cirrus-sac pyriform, bent posteriorly, 75.8121.3 (n=8) long by 43.8112.5 (n=8) wide, containing coiled cirrus (
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). Cirrus armed with spinitriches. Genital pores lateral, irregularly alternating, 27.635.5% (n=15) of proglottid length from posterior end (
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,
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). Ovary near posterior end of proglottid, H-shaped in frontal view (
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), tetralobed in cross-section (
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), slightly asymmetrical, 229.6432 (n=16) long by 68165.8 (n=16) wide; ovarian bridge near middle of ovary. Mehlis gland immediately posterior to ovarian bridge. Vagina thick-walled, sinuous, extending medially in proglottid from ootype to anterior margin of cirrus-sac, then laterally to open into genital atrium anterior to cirrus (
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). Vitellarium follicular; vitelline follicles 13.633.1 (n=17) long by 6.517.3 (n=17) wide, arranged in two lateral bands, each band consisting of one dorsal and one ventral column of vitelline follicles, extending from near anterior margin of the anterior-most row of testes to near posterior margin of proglottid, interrupted by genital pore and ovary both dorsally and ventrally (
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). Uterus saccate, ventral, extending along median line of proglottid from near the ovarian bridge to posterior margin of first or second anterior-most row of testes (
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).
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B1A96F875FECDF872" bold="true" box="[151,273,1943,1967]" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Light micrographs of the whole worms of
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B18B6F875FC8AF872" box="[695,854,1943,1967]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Anthocephalum</emphasis>
spp.
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</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B199DF875FC7DF872" bold="true" box="[924,929,1943,1967]" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B19A7F875FB7AF872" box="[934,1190,1943,1967]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Anthocephalum machado</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
i n. sp. (HWML 217938) ex
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B1AB4F85EFEBBF80E" box="[181,359,1980,2003]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Hypanus gutattus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B1B72F859FE56F80E" bold="true" box="[371,394,1979,2003]" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">B.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF91E66B1B91F859FD4AF80E" authorityName="Sakai &amp; Marques &amp; Trevisan" authorityYear="2025" box="[400,662,1979,2003]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="9" pageNumber="160" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="miriamae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B1B91F859FD4AF80E" box="[400,662,1979,2003]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Anthocephalum miriamae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27757F1FF91E66B189AF85EFD0EF80E" box="[667,722,1980,2003]" pageId="9" pageNumber="160" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(MIUP H 0086) ex
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF91E66B199AF85EFBE3F80E" baseAuthorityName="Garman" baseAuthorityYear="1880" box="[923,1087,1979,2003]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Dasyatidae" genus="Hypanus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="160" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longus">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B199AF85EFBE3F80E" box="[923,1087,1979,2003]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Hypanus longus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B1E4AF859FBBFF80E" bold="true" box="[1099,1123,1979,2003]" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">C.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF91E66B1E68F859FABDF80E" authorityName="Sakai &amp; Marques &amp; Trevisan" authorityYear="2025" box="[1129,1377,1979,2003]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="9" pageNumber="160" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="nataliae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B1E68F859FABDF80E" box="[1129,1377,1979,2003]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Anthocephalum nataliae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27757F1FF91E66B1F66F85EFA41F80E" box="[1383,1437,1980,2003]" pageId="9" pageNumber="160" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(HWML 217953) ex
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF91E66B1B6EF802FD94F82A" baseAuthorityName="Werner" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[367,584,2015,2039]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Potamotrygonidae" genus="Styracura" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="160" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schmardae">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B1B6EF802FD94F82A" box="[367,584,2015,2039]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Styracura schmardae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B1857F83DFDB3F82A" bold="true" box="[598,623,2015,2039]" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">D.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF91E66B1874F83DFCA2F82A" authorityName="Sakai &amp; Marques &amp; Trevisan" authorityYear="2025" box="[629,894,2015,2039]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="9" pageNumber="160" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="veronicae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B1874F83DFCA2F82A" box="[629,894,2015,2039]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Anthocephalum veronicae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27757F1FF91E66B1985F802FC67F82A" box="[900,955,2016,2039]" pageId="9" pageNumber="160" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(HWML 217959) ex
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF91E66B1E98F802FAFDF82A" baseAuthorityName="Werner" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[1177,1313,2015,2039]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Potamotrygonidae" genus="Styracura" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="160" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schmardae">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF91E66B1E98F802FAFDF82A" box="[1177,1313,2015,2039]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">S. schmardae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF4F6610FF92E6681A96F8BAFBBDF865" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14830740" ID-Zenodo-Dep="14830740" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14830740/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="161" startId="10.[151,250,1880,1904]" targetBox="[170,1402,187,1833]" targetPageId="10" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8B8F3698FF92E6681A96F8BAFBBDF865" blockId="10.[151,1436,1880,1976]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF92E6681A96F8BAFECFF8AD" bold="true" box="[151,275,1880,1904]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Line drawings of
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF92E6681BCAF8BAFD08F8AD" box="[459,724,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">Anthocephalum machadoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF92E66818DBF8BAFC86F8AD" bold="true" box="[730,858,1880,1904]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27757F1FF92E66818DBF8BAFCCEF8AD" box="[730,786,1880,1904]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(AC)
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF92E668198AF8BAFB4DF8AD" authorityName="Sakai &amp; Marques &amp; Trevisan" authorityYear="2025" box="[907,1169,1880,1904]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="10" pageNumber="161" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="miriamae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF92E668198AF8BAFB4DF8AD" box="[907,1169,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">Anthocephalum miriamae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF92E6681E96F8BAFAC8F8AD" bold="true" box="[1175,1300,1880,1904]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27757F1FF92E6681E96F8BAFB13F8AD" box="[1175,1231,1880,1904]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(DF)
</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF92E6681F20F8BAFAE6F8AD" bold="true" box="[1313,1338,1880,1904]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">A.</emphasis>
Terminal mature proglottid (HWML 217942);
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF92E6681808F89EFDFCF849" bold="true" box="[521,544,1916,1940]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">B.</emphasis>
Scolex (HWML 217942);
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF92E668192CF89EFC99F849" bold="true" box="[813,837,1916,1940]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">C.</emphasis>
Terminal genitalia (HWML 217942);
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF92E6681EC7F89EFB03F849" bold="true" box="[1222,1247,1916,1940]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">D.</emphasis>
Terminal genitalia (HWML 217950);
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF92E6681B59F842FEB3F865" bold="true" box="[344,367,1952,1976]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">E.</emphasis>
Scolex (HWML 217950);
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF92E6681883F842FD4DF865" bold="true" box="[642,657,1952,1976]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">F</emphasis>
. Terminal mature proglottid (MIUP H 0086).
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</caption>
<subSubSection id="C32A6513FF93E6691AC6FEC5FAC9FB18" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B8F3698FF93E6691AC6FEC5FD34FD10" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,1221]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691AC6FEC5FEE8FE9C" bold="true" box="[199,308,295,321]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Remarks</emphasis>
:
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691B48FEC5FDA9FE9C" box="[329,629,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum machadoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691882FEC5FD14FE9C" bold="true" box="[643,712,295,321]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27757F1FF93E6691882FEC5FD14FE9C" box="[643,712,295,321]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is distinguishable among the 24 other species of the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691A96FEA9FE9BFEB8" authorityName="Sakai &amp; Marques &amp; Trevisan" authorityYear="2025" box="[151,327,331,357]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691A96FEA9FE9BFEB8" box="[151,327,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum</emphasis>
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by its distinct combination of morphological features which include: 3546 testes, 7696 loculi, a total length of
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, and vitelline follicles organized into two lateral bands with one dorsal and one ventral column each. In comparison with
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691812FE71FBC4FE70" authority="Herzog &amp; Jensen, 2018" authorityName="Herzog &amp; Jensen" authorityYear="2018" box="[531,1048,403,429]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="blairi">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691812FE71FCDBFE70" box="[531,775,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum blairi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA14B69FF93E669190FFE71FBC4FE70" author="Herzog, K. S. &amp; Jensen, K." box="[782,1048,403,429]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" pagination="505 - 522" refId="ref18125" refString="Herzog, K. S. &amp; Jensen, K. (2018) Five new species of the tapeworm genus Anthocephalum (Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae) parasitizing a single species of indo-pacific stingray and a revised diagnosis of the genus. Journal of Parasitology, 104 (5), 505-522. https://doi.org/10.1645/18-53" type="journal article" year="2018">Herzog &amp; Jensen, 2018</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691E23FE71FAFBFE71" box="[1058,1319,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum gravisi</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691B36FE55FDBBFE0C" box="[311,615,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum haroldsoni</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA14B69FF93E669186EFE55FCA0FE0C" author="Herzog, K. S. &amp; Jensen, K." box="[623,892,439,465]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" pagination="505 - 522" refId="ref18125" refString="Herzog, K. S. &amp; Jensen, K. (2018) Five new species of the tapeworm genus Anthocephalum (Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae) parasitizing a single species of indo-pacific stingray and a revised diagnosis of the genus. Journal of Parasitology, 104 (5), 505-522. https://doi.org/10.1645/18-53" type="journal article" year="2018">Herzog &amp; Jensen, 2018</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E66919B9FE55FB00FE0C" box="[952,1244,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum papefayei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the new species possesses more marginal loculi (7696 vs. 6573, 4352, 4157, and 4560; respectively). On the other hand,
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691A96FE1DFE62FDC4" authorityName="Sakai &amp; Marques &amp; Trevisan" authorityYear="2025" box="[151,446,511,537]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="machadoi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691A96FE1DFE62FDC4" box="[151,446,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum machadoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691BC6FE1DFDD4FDC4" bold="true" box="[455,520,511,537]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27757F1FF93E6691BC6FE1DFDD4FDC4" box="[455,520,511,537]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
posses fewer marginal loculi compared to
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E66919F7FE1DFEE5FDE0" authority="(Wedl, 1855) Ruhnke, 1994" authorityName="Ruhnke" authorityYear="1994" baseAuthorityName="Wedl" baseAuthorityYear="1855" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="gracile">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E66919F7FE1DFB22FDC4" box="[1014,1278,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum gracile</emphasis>
(Wedl, 1855)
<bibRefCitation id="EFA14B69FF93E6691A96FDC1FEE5FDE0" author="Ruhnke, T. R." box="[151,313,547,573]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" pagination="159 - 176" refId="ref19622" refString="Ruhnke, T. R. (1994) Resurrection of Anthocephalum linton, 1890 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) and taxonomic information on five proposed members. Systematic Parasitology, 29 (1), 159-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009673" type="journal article" year="1994">Ruhnke, 1994</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691B46FDC1FD8AFDE0" box="[327,598,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum healyae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA14B69FF93E6691861FDC1FC79FDE0" author="Ruhnke, T. R. &amp; Caira, J. N. &amp; Cox, A." box="[608,933,546,573]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" pagination="51 - 81" refId="ref19737" refString="Ruhnke, T. R., Caira, J. N. &amp; Cox, A. (2015) The Cestode order Rhinebothriidea no longer family-less: a molecular phylogenetic investigation with erection of two new families and description of eight new species of Anthocephalum. Zootaxa, 3904 (1), 51-81. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3904.1.3" type="journal article" year="2015">Ruhnke, Caira &amp; Cox, 2015</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E66919B3FDC1FF0EFDBC" authority="Ruhnke and Seaman, 2009" authorityName="Ruhnke and Seaman" authorityYear="2009" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="lukei">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E66919B3FDC1FB7DFDE0" box="[946,1185,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum lukei</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA14B69FF93E6691EAAFDC1FF0EFDBC" author="Ruhnke, T. R. &amp; Seaman, H. B." pageId="11" pageNumber="162" pagination="81 - 95" refId="ref19673" refString="Ruhnke, T. R. &amp; Seaman, H. B. (2009) Three new species of Anthocephalum Linton, 1890 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from dasyatid stingrays of the gulf of California. Systematic Parasitology, 72, 81-95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-008-9170-6" type="journal article" year="2009">Ruhnke and Seaman, 2009</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691ADEFDA5FC8FFDBC" authority="Ruhnke, Caira &amp; Cox, 2015" authorityName="Ruhnke, Caira &amp; Cox" authorityYear="2015" box="[223,851,582,609]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="meadowsi">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691ADEFDA5FDDBFDBC" box="[223,519,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum meadowsi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E669195EFDA5FB48FDBC" box="[863,1172,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum odonnellae</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691ADCFD89FDDAFD58" box="[221,518,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum philruschi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691955FD89FB8FFD59" box="[852,1107,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum cairae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691E8EFD89FA40FD58" box="[1167,1436,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum hobergi</emphasis>
(Zamparo, Brooks &amp; Barriga, 1999)
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(7696 vs. 116121, 150171, 107138, 98134, 135159, 200219, 197198, and 100; respectively).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691AC6FD35FE33FD2C" authorityName="Sakai &amp; Marques &amp; Trevisan" authorityYear="2025" box="[199,495,727,753]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="machadoi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691AC6FD35FE33FD2C" box="[199,495,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum machadoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691BF8FD35FDE7FD2C" bold="true" box="[505,571,727,753]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">
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</emphasis>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E66918D8FD35FBDAFD2C" box="[729,1030,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum duszynskii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA14B69FF93E6691E11FD35FB6CFD2C" author="Ruhnke, T. R." box="[1040,1200,727,753]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" pagination="159 - 176" refId="ref19622" refString="Ruhnke, T. R. (1994) Resurrection of Anthocephalum linton, 1890 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) and taxonomic information on five proposed members. Systematic Parasitology, 29 (1), 159-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009673" type="journal article" year="1994">Ruhnke, 1994</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691EEDFD35FEDDFCC9" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum mounseyi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA14B69FF93E6691B08FD19FDCBFCC8" author="Herzog, K. S. &amp; Jensen, K." box="[265,535,763,789]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" pagination="505 - 522" refId="ref18125" refString="Herzog, K. S. &amp; Jensen, K. (2018) Five new species of the tapeworm genus Anthocephalum (Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae) parasitizing a single species of indo-pacific stingray and a revised diagnosis of the genus. Journal of Parasitology, 104 (5), 505-522. https://doi.org/10.1645/18-53" type="journal article" year="2018">Herzog &amp; Jensen, 2018</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, in its total length (
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vs. 1831 and
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, respectively), and from
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691AD2FCFDFDE3FCE4" box="[211,575,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum decrisantisorum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA14B69FF93E6691844FCFDFCA1FCE4" author="Ruhnke, T. R. &amp; Caira, J. N. &amp; Cox, A." box="[581,893,798,825]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" pagination="51 - 81" refId="ref19737" refString="Ruhnke, T. R., Caira, J. N. &amp; Cox, A. (2015) The Cestode order Rhinebothriidea no longer family-less: a molecular phylogenetic investigation with erection of two new families and description of eight new species of Anthocephalum. Zootaxa, 3904 (1), 51-81. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3904.1.3" type="journal article" year="2015">Ruhnke, Caira &amp; Cox, 2015</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691986FCFDFB43FCE5" box="[903,1183,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum jensenae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA14B69FF93E6691EA4FCFDFF0EFC80" author="Ruhnke, T. R. &amp; Caira, J. N. &amp; Cox, A." pageId="11" pageNumber="162" pagination="51 - 81" refId="ref19737" refString="Ruhnke, T. R., Caira, J. N. &amp; Cox, A. (2015) The Cestode order Rhinebothriidea no longer family-less: a molecular phylogenetic investigation with erection of two new families and description of eight new species of Anthocephalum. Zootaxa, 3904 (1), 51-81. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3904.1.3" type="journal article" year="2015">Ruhnke, Caira &amp; Cox, 2015</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691ADCFCA1FD27FC80" authority="Herzog &amp; Jensen, 2018" authorityName="Herzog &amp; Jensen" authorityYear="2018" box="[221,763,835,861]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="ruhnkei">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691ADCFCA1FE36FC80" box="[221,490,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum ruhnkei</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA14B69FF93E6691BF0FCA1FD27FC80" author="Herzog, K. S. &amp; Jensen, K." box="[497,763,835,861]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" pagination="505 - 522" refId="ref18125" refString="Herzog, K. S. &amp; Jensen, K. (2018) Five new species of the tapeworm genus Anthocephalum (Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae) parasitizing a single species of indo-pacific stingray and a revised diagnosis of the genus. Journal of Parasitology, 104 (5), 505-522. https://doi.org/10.1645/18-53" type="journal article" year="2018">Herzog &amp; Jensen, 2018</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691937FCA1FBBEFC81" box="[822,1122,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum centrurum</emphasis>
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, in number of testes (3546 vs. 1724, 1420, 2234, and 4878, respectively). In comparison with
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E66919BBFC85FB69FC5C" authorityName="Ruhnke" authorityYear="1994" box="[954,1205,871,897]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="alicae">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E66919BBFC85FB69FC5C" box="[954,1205,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum alicae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691EC8FC85FA8AFC5C" authorityName="Sakai &amp; Marques &amp; Trevisan" authorityYear="2025" box="[1225,1366,871,897]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="machadoi" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691EC8FC85FA8AFC5C" box="[1225,1366,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">A. machadoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691F5CFC85FA40FC5C" bold="true" box="[1373,1436,871,897]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27757F1FF93E6691F5CFC85FA40FC5C" box="[1373,1436,871,897]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
possesses more proglottids in number (2045 vs. 915, respectively).
</paragraph>
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There are only five species—
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691807FC4DFCD0FC15" box="[518,780,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum currani</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691E2FFC4DFE8BFC30" authority="Ruhnke &amp; Seaman, 2009" authorityName="Ruhnke &amp; Seaman" authorityYear="2009" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="michaeli">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691E2FFC4DFA9CFC14" box="[1070,1344,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum michaeli</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA14B69FF93E6691F47FC4DFE8BFC30" author="Ruhnke, T. R. &amp; Seaman, H. B." pageId="11" pageNumber="162" pagination="81 - 95" refId="ref19673" refString="Ruhnke, T. R. &amp; Seaman, H. B. (2009) Three new species of Anthocephalum Linton, 1890 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from dasyatid stingrays of the gulf of California. Systematic Parasitology, 72, 81-95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-008-9170-6" type="journal article" year="2009">Ruhnke &amp; Seaman, 2009</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691B62FC31FBC6FC30" authority="Boudaya, Neifar &amp; Euzet, 2018" authorityName="Boudaya, Neifar &amp; Euzet" authorityYear="2018" box="[355,1050,979,1005]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="jeancadenati">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691B62FC31FD75FC30" box="[355,681,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum jeancadenati</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA14B69FF93E66918B3FC31FBC6FC30" author="Boudaya, L. &amp; Neifar, L. &amp; Euzet, L." box="[690,1050,979,1005]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" pagination="1 - 11" refId="ref16918" refString="Boudaya, L., Neifar, L. &amp; Euzet, L. (2018) A new genus and three new species of Anthocephaliidae (Cestoda, Rhinebothriidea) from the round fantail stingray, Taeniurops grabata (Chondrychthyes, Dasyatidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Helminthology, 94 (e 11), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X18001025" type="journal article" year="2018">Boudaya, Neifar &amp; Euzet, 2018</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691E26FC31FE24FBCC" authority="(Schmidt, 1978) Ruhnke &amp; Seaman, 2009" authorityName="Ruhnke &amp; Seaman" authorityYear="2009" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1978" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="kingae">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691E26FC31FAFBFC30" box="[1063,1319,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum kingae</emphasis>
(Schmidt, 1978)
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</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691832FC15FCEFFBCD" box="[563,819,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum mattisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
— that closely resembles
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691E53FC15FB02FBCC" authorityName="Sakai &amp; Marques &amp; Trevisan" authorityYear="2025" box="[1106,1246,1015,1041]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="machadoi" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691E53FC15FB02FBCC" box="[1106,1246,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">A. machadoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691EE4FC15FAF8FBCC" bold="true" box="[1253,1316,1015,1041]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27757F1FF93E6691EE4FC15FAF8FBCC" box="[1253,1316,1015,1041]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in number of marginal loculi, number of testes, total length, and proglottid number. However, they can be distinguished based on the position and number of the vitelline follicles.
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E66918F2FBDDFBCBFB84" authorityName="Sakai &amp; Marques &amp; Trevisan" authorityYear="2025" box="[755,1047,1087,1113]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="machadoi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E66918F2FBDDFBCBFB84" box="[755,1047,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Anthocephalum machadoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691E20FBDDFBBDFB84" bold="true" box="[1057,1121,1087,1113]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27757F1FF93E6691E20FBDDFBBDFB84" box="[1057,1121,1087,1113]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
possesses vitelline follicles organized into two lateral bands with single dorsal and ventral column. In contrast,
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691E3AFB81FB65FBA0" authorityName="Ruhnke &amp; Seaman" authorityYear="2009" box="[1083,1209,1123,1149]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="michaeli">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691E3AFB81FB65FBA0" box="[1083,1209,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">A. michaeli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691EC9FB81FAAAFBA0" authorityName="Boudaya, Neifar &amp; Euzet" authorityYear="2018" box="[1224,1398,1123,1149]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="jeancadenati">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691EC9FB81FAAAFBA0" box="[1224,1398,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">A. jeancadenati</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691F85FB81FF3DFB7C" authorityName="Ruhnke &amp; Seaman" authorityYear="2009" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1978" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="kingae">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691F85FB81FF3DFB7C" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">A. kingae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691B21FB65FE50FB7D" authorityName="Ruhnke, Caira &amp; Cox" authorityYear="2015" box="[288,396,1159,1185]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="mattisi">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691B21FB65FE50FB7D" box="[288,396,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">A. mattisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also possess vitelline follicles in two lateral bands but with 23 dorsal and ventral columns. Finally
<taxonomicName id="4C304D1BFF93E6691AECFB49FE82FB19" authorityName="Ruhnke &amp; Seaman" authorityYear="2009" box="[237,350,1195,1221]" class="Cestoda" family="Anthocephaliidae" genus="Anthocephalum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhinebothriidea" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="currani">
<emphasis id="B944EA8AFF93E6691AECFB49FE82FB19" box="[237,350,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">A. currani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
possesses vitelline follicles in two lateral bands with 35 dorsal and ventral columns.
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