| echinobothrium notoguidoi n. sp. (cestoda: diphyllidea) from mustelus schmitti (chondrichthyes: carcharhiniformes) in the argentine sea. | a new cestode, echinobothrium notoguidoi n. sp., is described from the spiral intestine of the shark mustelus schmitti, from coastal waters off mar del plata, argentina. this species is distinguished from all others in the genus by a rostellar armature consisting of 2 apical groups of 31 large hooks each, arranged in 2 rows (16 anterior, 15 posterior) with 13 hooklets per side, a wide corona of 8-11 rows of spines posterior to the rostellum, 8 rows of 24-26 spines on the cephalic peduncle, and 1 ... | 1997 | 9379298 |
| description of a new diphyllidean parasite of triakid sharks from the deep red sea. | specimens of echinobothrium diamanti n. sp. (cestoda: diphyllidea) were recovered from the spiral intestine of iago omanensis and mustelus mosis (carcharhiniformes: triakidae), in the gulf of aqaba, red sea. the new species can be distinguished from all other species in echinobothrium by the presence of a conspicuous vaginal sphincter. echinobothrium diamanti possesses a corona of spines between the apical armature and the bothria, as in echinobothrium notoguidoi, echinobothrium musteli, and ech ... | 2006 | 17001786 |