Tapeworm Species Details

Rostellotaenia woodlandi (Moghe, 1926) Freze, 1963
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Acanthotaeniinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12512
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Acanthotaeniinae
Genus Rostellotaenia
Species woodlandi
Authority (Moghe, 1926) Freze, 1963
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Acanthotaenia woodlandi (Moghe, 1926) Schmidt, 1986
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Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Moghe, M. A. 1926. Two new species of Cestodes from Indian Lizards. Records of the Indian Museum (a Journal of Indian Zoology) 28: 53-60.

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Freze, V. I. 1965. [Proteocephalata in Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles] (In Russian). Osnovy Tsestodologii 5: 538 pp.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/14/2013 Created B. Barbeau
01/31/2019ModifiedR. Kuchta
02/06/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/10/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
11/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/01/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Varanidae
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Genus Varanus
Species bengalensis
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Genus Varanus
Species bengalensis
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