SYNONYMY OF THE PHYLLOBOTHRIID GENERA RHODOBOTHRIUM LINTON, 1889, INERMIPHYLLIDIUM RISER, 1955, AND SPHAEROBOTHRIUM EUZET, 1959 (CESTODA, TETRAPHYLLIDEA)
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1979
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A comparison of whole mounted and sectioned specimens of Rhodobothrium, Inermiphyllidium and Sphaerobothrium from the type hosts was made and their validity assessed. The genus Rhodobothrium Linton, 1889 is emended and considered to be the senior synonym of the latter genera. Detailed description of R. pulvinatum Linton, 1889 is given based on material from the type host, Dasyatis centroura (Mitchill), and the new host D. americana Hildebrand and Schroeder. R. lubeti comb. nov. (Euzet, 1959) [ex. S. lubeti] and R. brachyascum comb. nov. (Riser, 1955) [ex. I. brachyascum] are included in the genus. The adult and plerocercus of another species new to the genus, R. mesodesmatum comb. nov. (Bahamonde and Lopez), [ex. Anthobothrium peruanum and Proboscidosaccus mesodesmatis] is described from Myliobatis chilensis Philippi, and the clam Mesodesma donacium Lamarck, taken in Chilean coastal waters.