Acanthobothrium bullardi explained

Acanthobothrium bullardi is a species of parasitic onchobothriid tapeworm first found in the whiptail stingray, Dasyatis brevis, in the Gulf of California. This species of parasitic tapeworm was originally discovered alongside four other varieties of tapeworms in the Gulf of California during a survey of the area that was done in the years 1993 as well as 1996.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Further reading

• Reyda, Florian B., and Janine N. Caira. "Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Himantura uarnacoides (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in Malaysian Borneo." Comparative Parasitology 73.1 (2006): 49–71.
• Maleki, Loghman, Masoumeh Malek, and Harry W. Palm. "Two new species of Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from Pastinachus cf. sephen (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman." Folia parasitologica 60.5 (2013): 448–456.
• List, Host-Parasite, and Parasite-Host List. "Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali)."

External links

• • WORMS

Notes and References

1. Fyler . Caroline A. . Systematics, biogeography and character evolution in the tapeworm genus Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1850 . Doctoral Dissertations . 2009 . University of Connecticut . 1–182 . 28 July 2019.
2. Monks. Scott. Violante-González. Juan. Pulido-Flores. Griselda. Zaragoza-Tapia. Francisco. 2019-05-06. Two new species of Acanthobothrium Blanchard, 1848 (Onchobothriidae) in Narcine entemedor Jordan & Starks, 1895 (Narcinidae) from Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. ZooKeys. en. 852. 1–21. 10.3897/zookeys.852.28964. 1313-2970. 6562051. 31210739. free. 2019ZooK..852....1Z .
3. Ghoshroy. Sohini. Caira. Janine N.. Four new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the whiptail stingray Dasyatis brevis in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Journal of Parasitology. 87. 2. 2001. 354–372. 0022-3395. 10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0354:FNSOAC]2.0.CO;2. 11318566. 43915565 .