Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia schultzei (Hungerhühler, 1910) Dickley, 1921
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12546
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species schultzei
Authority (Hungerhühler, 1910) Dickley, 1921
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Ichthyotaenia schultzei Hugerbühler, 1910; Crepidobothrium schultzei (Hungerbühler, 1910) Magath, 1929; Batrachotaenia schultzei (Hungerbühler, 1910) Rudin, 1917
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Citation(s)

Hungerbühler, M. 1910. Studien an Gyrocotyle und Cestoden. In Schultze, L. Zool. U. Antrhropol. Ergeb. einer Forschungsreise im Westl. U. Zentral. Südarfirka, Denkschr. Med. -Naturw. Gesellsch. Jena 16:495-522 (pp. 125-152), Plates 18-19, Figures 1-20. 4: 1-26 + Plates.

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Lloyd B. Dickley. 1921. A New Amphibian Cestode. The Journal of Parasitology 7: 129-136.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/14/2013 Created B. Barbeau
02/21/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen
02/24/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen
09/02/2020ModifiedR. Kuchta
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Amphibia
Host Order Anura
Host Family Pyxicephalidae
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Genus Rana
Species adspersa
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Genus Pyxicephalus
Species adspersus
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Type Locality

Country South Africa
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.