Anteropora, Subhapradha, 1955

Mojica, Kendra R., Jensen, Kirsten & Caira, Janine N., 2013, Revision Of Anteropora (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) And Descriptions Of Five New Species From Stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) In Borneo, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61 (2), pp. 491-506 : 505

Key to species of Anteropora

1. Hyperapolytic ..........................................................................2

– Euapolytic................................................................................5

2. Four (rarely three) testes .........................................................3

– Six testes..................................................................................4

3. Egg diameter 12–14 μm. Spinithrix length on anterior region of proglottid 5–6 μm .................................... A. klosmamorphis

– Egg diameter 15 μm. Spinithrix length on anterior region of proglottid 15 μm......................................................... A. indica

4. Primarily glandular apical organ. Pyriform cirrus-sac ............. ................................................................................. A. leelongi

– Primarily muscular apical organ. Oblong cirrus-sac ................ ................................................................................ A. japonica

5. Primarily glandular apical organ.............................................6

– Primarily muscular apical organ .............................................7

6. Fewer than 30 proglottids. Scolex dorso-ventrally flattened. Bothridia with conspicuous posterior notch at midline..........8

– Greater than 30 proglottids. Scolex approx. spherical. Bothridia without or with inconspicuous posterior notch at midline ....... ...................................................................................... A. cuba

7. Cirrus-sac and genital pore positioned between two anteriormost testes ............................................................... A. joannae

– Cirrus-sac and genital pore positioned between second and third testis from anterior margin of proglottid ....... A. glandapiculis

8. Fewer than eight proglottids. Oval bothridia...... A. pumilionis

– Eight or more proglottids. Triangular to rectangular bothridia .................................................................. A. patulobothridium