Abstract
Discobothrium caribbensis sp. n. (Lecanicephalidea) is described from the spiral valve of the yellow- spotted stingray, Urolophusjamaicensis from Jamaica. The new species is the only member of the genus described with four testes. It is most similar in number of testes to D. japonicum Yamaguti, 1934, which has six testes and a myzorhynchus. A myzorhynchus is absent in D. caribbensis. Five specimens of minute cestodes were found in the spiral valve of a yellow-spotted stingray, Urolophus jamaicensis, collected at Discovery Bay, Jamaica. They represent a new species and are described herein. Specimens were relaxed in seawater, fixed in AFA, and stained with Semi- E ~ ~ *, C) ;;'~' E (0~~~~~
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