Abstract
Species of Acanthobothrium have been documented as parasites of the spiral intestine of elasmobranchs. Results of a metadata analysis indicate that 114 species of elasmobranchs have been reported as hosts of 200 species of Acanthobothrium. The metadata analysis revealed that 3.7% of species of sharks and 14.9% of species of rays that have been reported as hosts to date; some species are parasitized by more than one species of Acanthobothrium. This work provides a Category designation, as proposed by Ghoshroy and Caira (2001), for each species of Acanthobothrium. These Category designations are a tool to facilitate comparisons among members of Acanthobothrium for descriptions of new species in the future.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-49 |
Number of pages | 49 |
Journal | ZooKeys |
Volume | 2020 |
Issue number | 940 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Biodiversity
- Elasmobranchii
- Eucestoda
- Geographic distribution
- Rays
- Sharks
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Animal Science and Zoology