“…Most recent descriptions or redescriptions of cestode species commonly include the microthrix pattern observed with SEM, which is usually of taxonomic importance. Unfortunately, the microthrix pattern of the myzorhynchus of rhinebothriideans has only been studied, to our knowledge, in eight (i.e., Echeneibothrium algeriensis , E. cristinae , E. megalosoma , E. multiloculatum , E. williamsi , N. navonae , N. shetlandicum , and Pseudanthobothrium hanseni ) of the 36 species of the family Echeneibothriidae (Benmeslem et al, 2018; Bueno & Caira, 2017; Franzese et al, 2022; Ivanov & Campbell, 2002; Randhawa et al, 2008). Several of those species show a common pattern, with spinitriches restricted to the proximal portion of the myzorhynchus (i.e., AMSP) and filitriches distributed along its entire length (i.e., AMSP and AO).…”