Ditrachybothridium macrocephalum gen.nov., sp.nov., a cestode from some elasmobranch fishes

Gwendolen Rees

doi:10.1017/S0031182000026822

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1. Ditrachybothridium macrocephalum gen.nov., sp.nov., is described.

2. The systematic position is discussed and the species compared with species of the genus Echinobothrium to which it seems to be fairly closely related.

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