# Bothrium

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'''Bothria''' (from Greek ''bothrion'' = small pit, diminutive of ''[bothros](/source/bothros)'' = pit, trench) are elongate, dorsal or ventral longitudinal grooves on the [scolex](/source/scolex) of [cestoda](/source/cestoda). They have weak muscles but are capable of some sucking action. Bothria occur as a single or two pair and are typical of the order [Pseudophyllidea](/source/Pseudophyllidea) (e.g., ''[Diphyllobothrium](/source/Diphyllobothrium)'').<ref>Richard C. Brusca, Gary J. Brusca. Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates; 2 edition. 2003</ref><ref>[http://www.marineparasitology.com/Papers/Jones%20et%20al%20Palm%202004.pdf Jones MK, Beveridge I, Campbell RA, Palm HW. Terminology of the sucker-like organs of the scolex of trypanorhynch cestodes. Systematic Parasitology 59: 121–126, 2004.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023231/http://www.marineparasitology.com/Papers/Jones%20et%20al%20Palm%202004.pdf |date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref>

Bothria are muscular grooves that provide attachment by pinching host tissue between them.

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