Four New Cestode Species from the Spiral Intestine of the Round Stingray, Urobatis halleri, in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico

Authors

Megan M. Friggens, University of Northern ArizonaFollow
Donald W. Duszynski, University of New MexicoFollow

Date of this Version

7-2005

Comments

Published in Comparative Parasitology (July 2005) 72(2): 136-149. Copyright 2005, the Helminthological Society of Washington. Used by permission.

Abstract

The spiral intestines of 40 specimens of Urobatis halleri from the northern Gulf of California, Mexico, were examined for cestodes. Four new species, Rhinebothrium chollaensis n. sp., Rhinebothrium gravidum n. sp., Eutetrarhynchus cortezensis n. sp., and Prochristianella minima n. sp., are described. This is the first record of these 3 genera in the Gulf of California and the first report of Eutetrarhynchus in U. halleri.