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Ophiotaenia europaea Odening, 1963
Onchoproteocephalidea I:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12519
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family
Subfamily
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species europaea
Authority Odening, 1963
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Ichthyotaenia (Crepidobothrium) racemosa in Joyeux and Baer 1933; Ophiotaenia racemosa in Joyeux and Baer 1936, 1961 partim; Crepidobothrium racemosa in Dubinina 1953; nec Ru­dolphi, 1819.
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Odening, K. 1963. Zum systematischen Status und zur Verbreitung der in Europäischen Schlangen schmarotzenden Proteocephalidae (Cestoidea: Proteocephala) nebst Bemerkungen zur Gattungszugehörigkeit einer Madegassischen Proteocephalidae-Art aus Schlangen. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 23: 226-234.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/14/2013 Created B. Barbeau
03/03/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
10/01/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
11/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Colubridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Natrix
Species natrix
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Natrix
Species natrix
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Natrix natrix persa; Natrix tessellata; Vipera berus
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Type Locality

Country Germany
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Golmer Luch south-west of Berlin
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Additional Localities Italy (Bologna), Switzerland, Yugoslavia, USSR (Volga Delta: Transcaucasia, hence also "West Asian"); probably also CSSR (cf. Dyk 1960); possibly Bulgaria (cf. Bozkov 1958, 1961, 1962).
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Specimens

Type Material -Helminth collection zoological research center in the Berlin zoo No. kC 1/60-65
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Helminthensammlung Zoologische Forschungsstelle im Berliner Tierpark, Nr. kC 1/60-65, aus Natrix natrix (L.), Golmer Luch bei Potsdam (s. Abb. 2c).
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.