Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia ophiodex Mettrick, 1960
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12539
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species ophiodex
Authority Mettrick, 1960
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Mettrick, D. F. 1960. A new cestode, Ophiotaenia ophiodex, n. sp., from a Night-Adder, Causus rhombeatus (Licht.), in Southern Rhodesia. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 27(3): 275-278.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/14/2013 Created B. Barbeau
08/29/2019ModifiedR. Kuchta
11/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Viperidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Causus
Species rhombeatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Causus
Species rhombeatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host hind-gut
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Zimbabwe
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region near Harare
Coordinates
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes -originally as "Near Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia"

Specimens

Type Material -BMNH
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.