Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of
Concepts in Animal Parasitology Textbook
Date of this Version
2024
Document Type
Book Chapter
Citation
Chapter 28, Concepts in Animal Parasitology, pages 326–331
Textbook
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States: Zea Books, 2024
chapter doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.ciap028
Abstract
An overview of the acetabulate cestode (tapeworm) order Phyllobothriidea Caira et al., 2014, parasites of the spiral valve or spiral intestine of sharks and occasionally batoid rays. Includes a discussion of their main morphological characteristics, a description and summary of a representative species, Paraorygmatobothrium prionacis (Yamaguti, 1934) Ruhnke, 1993, taxonomy (much of which is yet uncertain), and life cycles.
Chapter 28 in Concepts in Animal Parasitology by Brenda Atziri García-García, Omar Lagunas-Calvo, Berenice Adán-Torres, and Luis García-Prieto. 2024. S. L. Gardner and S. A. Gardner, editors. Zea Books, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.ciap028
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