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Redescription of Anchistrocephalus microcephalus (Rudolphi) (Cestoda, Pseudophyllidea) from the Sunfish Mola mola
Author(s) -
KENNEDY C. R.,
ANDERSEN KARIN I.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00522.x
Subject(s) - biology , cestoda , fishery , zoology , helminths
Anchistrocephalus microcephalus (Rudolphi, 1819) is redescribed from the intestine of Mola mola . Contrary to earlier descriptions, specimens may appear to have an unarmed scolex or a scolex with a few hooks only, and some proglottids exhibit duplicate genitalia. The specific diagnosis has been amended to take account of this greater range of variation. As a consequence, Amphigonophorus Mendes, 1944 is rejected and Amphigonophorus carvalhoi becomes a synonym of Anchistrocephalus microcephalus .