Biology:Acanthobothrium zimmeri
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Short description: Species of tapeworm
| Acanthobothrium zimmeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Order: | Tetraphyllidea |
| Family: | Onchobothriidae |
| Genus: | Acanthobothrium |
| Species: | A. zimmeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthobothrium zimmeri Fyler, Caira & Jensen, 2009
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Acanthobothrium zimmeri is a species of tapeworm named after the author Carl Zimmer.[1][2][3][4] A. zimmeri was first described in 2009 based on specimens collected from the Arafura Sea in Australia's Northern Territory. It parasitizes a species of stingray in the genus Himantura.[3] It has also been found to parasite Urogymnus acanthobothrium.[5]
References
- ↑ "Taxonomy browser (Acanthobothrium zimmeri)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=692376.
- ↑ "A Tapeworm To Call My Own, Carl Zimmer". https://carlzimmer.com/a-tapeworm-to-call-my-own-2/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fyler, C.A.; Caira, J.N.; Jensen, K. (2009). "Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from an unusual species of Himantura (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) from northern Australia". Folia Parasitologica 56 (2): 107–128. doi:10.14411/fp.2009.016. PMID 19606787. https://folia.paru.cas.cz/pdfs/fol/2009/02/05.pdf.
- ↑ "A Tapeworm To Call My Own". July 8, 2009. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/a-tapeworm-to-call-my-own.
- ↑ "Urogymnus acanthobothrium | Shark-References". https://shark-references.com/species/view/Urogymnus-acanthobothrium.
Further reading
Wikidata ☰ Q2171870 entry
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