Acanthobothrium soberoni

Acanthobothrium soberoni is a species of parasitic onchobothriid tapeworm first found in the whiptail stingray, Dasyatis brevis, in the Gulf of California. It is relatively long and with a larger number of segments, albeit with fewer testes and an asymmetrical ovary. It also differs from its cogenerate species by its hook size and length of its hook prongs; cirrus sac size; the position of its genital pore, the number of testes columns that are anterior to the cirrus sac; as well as a number of postvaginal testes.[1]

Acanthobothrium soberoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Cestoda
Subclass:
Eucestoda
Order:
Tetraphyllidea
Family:
Onchobothriidae
Genus:
Acanthobothrium
Species:
Acanthobothrium soberoni

Ghoshroy & Caira, 2001

References
  1. Ghoshroy, Sohini; Caira, Janine N. (2001). "Four new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the whiptail stingray Dasyatis brevis in the Gulf of California, Mexico". Journal of Parasitology. 87 (2): 354–372. doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0354:FNSOAC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 11318566.
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