Abstract
Taxonomic studies of parasites are important to the knowledge of the biological diversity, mainly because many of these lineages are poorly known and parasites, in general, are often neglected as a component of the biota. This project is centered in the description of a new specie of Anthocephalum Linton, 1891 (Cestoda: Rhinebothriidea), a genus of cestodes parasites of marine batoids (i.…