| three new species of echinobothrium (cestoda: diphyllidea) from indo-pacific stingrays of the genus pastinachus (rajiformes: dasyatidae). | three new species of diphyllidean cestodes are described from stingrays of the genus pastinachus from the indian and pacific oceans. all three new species differ from all but 10 of the 36 valid species of echinobothrium van beneden, 1849 in that they bear lateral hooklets arranged in a continuous band across each lateral surface of the rostellum joining the groups of dorsal and ventral apical hooks, rather than arranged in distinct dorsal and ventral groups, on each side of the apical hooks. ech ... | 2010 | 20941910 |