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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Acanthobothrium goleketen   Irigoitia, Franzese & Alarcos, 2025

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Cestoda | Onchoproteocephalidea | Onchobothriidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Host.  Subtropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southwest Atlantic: Argentina.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Irigoitia, M.M., S. Franzese, A.J. Alarcos, N.J. Arrendondo and J.T. Timi 2025 An unusual new species at risk, parasite of a critically endangered guitarfish, Pseudobatos horkelii (Elasmobranchi: Rhinobatidae): insights into the phylogeny of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea). Zool. Anz. 318:120-131. (Ref. 138669)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

Tools

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543)

(0 of 100).

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