Distribution Extension of Escherbothrium molinae Berman and Brooks, 1994 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Triloculariidae) in Urotrygon sp. from the Pacific Coast of Mexico

Authors

Francisco Zaragoza-Tapia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoFollow
Scott Monks, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoFollow
Griselda Pulido-Flores, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoFollow
Juan Violante-González, Universidad Autónoma de GuerreroFollow

Date of this Version

10-2013

Citation

Check List (October 2013) 9(5): 1,124-1,125.

Comments

Copyright 2013, Check List and the authors. Used by permission.

Abstract

Cestodes collected from the spiral valves of the stingray Urotrygon sp. from the Pacific coast of Mexico were identified as Escherbothrium molinae Berman and Brooks, 1994. The first report of the species was from the Gulf of Nicoya and the Guanacaste coast, Costa Rica; this work represents the second report of the species since the original description and extends its distribution north to Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico.