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Acanthobothrium quadripartitum sp.nov. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Raja naevus in the North Sea and English Channel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

H. Harford Williams
H. Harford Williams
Affiliation:
Natural History Department, Marischal College, University of Aberdeen
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Acanthobothrium quadripartitum sp.nov., from the intestine of Raja naevus in the North Sea and English Channel is described and figured. In adult morphology it resembles A. brevissime Linton, 1908, more closely than any other known species of the genus. A. quadripartitum is one of the smallest known tapeworms and occurs in numbers of up to 13000 in one intestine. Preliminary observations indicate that it has little damaging effect on the epithelial cells of the host's mucosa.

I am indebted to Professor V. C. Wynne-Edwards for providing excellent research facilities and to the Director and Staff, in particular Dr B. B. Rae, Dr Z. Kabata and Mr Stuart Pirie, Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, for laboratory space and material.

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Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , February 1968 , pp. 105 - 110
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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