[A new castode Phyllobothrium pastinacae sp. n. described from the spiral valve of Dasyatis pastinaca taken from Tunis gulf (author's transl)].
Distinguishing characteristics include: - scolece divided into four distincty curled bilobed bothridia with marginal loculi, -anatomy without post vaginal tests, - lateral genital atrium always in posterior 1/4 of segments, - about 100 testes.
D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D014416:Tunisia
Phyllobothrium pastinacae n. sp. (Cestoda, Tetraphyllidea, Phyllobothriidae parasite de Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758)