Distribution extension of Acanthobothrium cartagenensis Brooks & Mayes, 1980 (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) in Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816) (Myliobatiformes: Urotrygonidae) from Quintana Roo, México

By

Monks, Scott
Pulido-Flores, Griselda
Lara-Sánchez, Marcelo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-8-6

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1707--3

Subjects

Caribbean , Cestoda , Geographic distribution , range extension , Stingray , Yellow Stingray

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1707

 

Abstract

The collection of eight specimens of Acanthobothrium cartagenensis on the coast of Quintana Roo, México extends the geographic distribution of the species from the original locality (Cartagena, Colombia) to at least the northeastern limit of the Mexican coast of the Caribbean Sea.  The species is a parasite of Urobatis jamaicensis, a common stingray of the tropical western Atlantic.  This species has not been reported since the original description in 1980.