Host relationships and geographic distribution of species of Acanthobothrium Blanchard, 1848 (Onchoproteocephalidea, Onchobothriidae) in elasmobranchs: a metadata analysis

By

Zaragoza-Tapia, Francisco
Pulido-Flores, Griselda
Gardner, Scott Lyell, 1956-
Monks, Scott

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

940

Pages

1--49

Subjects

Biodiversity , Elasmobranchii , Eucestoda , Geographic distribution , rays , Sharks

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.940.46352

 

Abstract

Species ofAcanthobothriumhave been documented as parasites of the spiral intestine of elasmobranchs. Results of a metadata analysis indicate that 114 species of elasmobranchs have been reported as hosts of 200 species ofAcanthobothrium. The metadata analysis revealed that 3.7% of species of sharks and 14.9% of species of rays that have been reported as hosts to date; some species are parasitized by more than one species ofAcanthobothrium. This work provides a Category designation, as proposed by Ghoshroy and Caira (2001), for each species ofAcanthobothrium. These Category designations are a tool to facilitate comparisons among members ofAcanthobothriumfor descriptions of new species in the future.