belonging to the Museum of University College, Dundee. 



99 



CESTODA. 



16. ANTHOBOTHRIUM TORTUM v. Lins. 



von Linstow, Arch. Bakter. xxxvn. 1904, p. 682. 



This curious tapeworm was found with its head embedded in 

 the tissues of the stomach wall of a Phoca barbata. The length is 

 some 23 mm., the breadth 3 mm., the edges of the animal are 

 thickened and the animal is twisted or coiled round its longi- 

 tudinal axis. The head bears firm cushions and in the centre a 



Anthobothrium tortum von Lins. From Phoca barbata. 

 A. Entire animal x 4. B. Anterior view of head x 8. 



maze of convoluted ridges as is shown in the figure. The pro- 

 glottides are anteriorly O'll mm. long, posteriorly 024 mm. There 

 are no calcareous bodies and the reproductive organs had not 

 developed. The central area was well marked off from the 

 peripheral by transverse muscles. 





