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Acanthobothrium sp.nov. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) and a comment on the order Biporophyllaeidea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

H. Harford Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College, Cardiff

Extract

A description is given of the external features of the scolex and strobila and the anatomy of the proglottid of Acanthobothrium pearsoni sp.nov. found in the intestine of Orectolobus maculatus Bon. In view of the similarity in host distribution and anatomy to that of Biporophyllaeus madrassensis Subramanian some comments are made on the status of the order Biporophyllaeidea and it is suggested that B. madrassensis may be a proglottid of a species of Acanthobothrium.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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