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]
| 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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References
edit- ^ "Taxonomy browser (Acanthobothrium zimmeri)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
- ^ "A Tapeworm To Call My Own, Carl Zimmer".
- ^ a b 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" (PDF). Folia Parasitologica. 56 (2): 107–128. doi:10.14411/fp.2009.016. PMID 19606787.
- ^ "A Tapeworm To Call My Own". Science. July 8, 2009. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021.
- ^ "Urogymnus acanthobothrium | Shark-References".
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