Platybothrium yanae sp. nov. (Cestoda: Onchobothriidae) from the whitecheek shark, Carcharhinus dussumieri (Valenciennes), off southern Iran

Platybothrium Linton, 1890 is a genus parasitizing sharks of the families Carcharhinidae and Sphyrnidae. No new species has been assigned to the genus in the 20 years since its last treatment. In the present study, a new species is described from the Persian Gulf, which is the second report of a spe...

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Published in:Systematic parasitology 2024-08, Vol.101 (4), p.45, Article 45
Main Authors: Izadi Vaskeh, Nasim, Haseli, Mohammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Animal Anatomy
Animal Ecology
Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Animals
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Carcharhinus dussumieri
Cestoda - anatomy & histology
Cestoda - classification
Congeners
Electron microscopes
Ethanol
Histology
Indian Ocean
Iran
Life Sciences
Morphology
New species
Sharks
Sharks - parasitology
Species Specificity
Worms
Zoology
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Summary:Platybothrium Linton, 1890 is a genus parasitizing sharks of the families Carcharhinidae and Sphyrnidae. No new species has been assigned to the genus in the 20 years since its last treatment. In the present study, a new species is described from the Persian Gulf, which is the second report of a species of Platybothrium in the Indian Ocean. Platybothrium yanae sp. nov. differs from P . auriculatum Yamaguti, 1952, P . cervinum Linton, 1890, P . tantulum Healy, 2003, and P . kirstenae Healy, 2003 in lacking, rather than having, an accessory piece between its hooks. This new species is distinguished from its other congeners by having a particular combination of features including its measurements, morphology, and meristic features, bringing the number of valid species in the genus to 11.
ISSN:0165-5752
1573-5192
1573-5192
DOI:10.1007/s11230-024-10170-3