Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus arandasi Santos & Rolas, 1973
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
New Search Duplicate Record Edit Record

Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12562
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Proteocephalus
Species arandasi
Authority Santos & Rolas, 1973
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Ophiotaenia arandasi (Santos & Rolas, 1973) Ammann & de Chambrier, 2008
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

dos Santos, J. C. and F. J. Tayt-son Rolas. 1973. Sobre alguns cestóides de Bothrops e de Liophis miliaris. Atas da Sociedade de Biologia do Rio de Janeiro 17: 35-40.

(4057) Download PDF
Redescription

Ammann, M. and A. de Chambrier. 2008. Ophiotaenia gilberti sp. n. (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea), a parasite of Thamnodynastes pallidus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Paraguay. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 115(3): 541-551.

(4690) Download PDF
Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/15/2013 Created B. Barbeau
04/01/2014Modified
12/18/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
07/06/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/21/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Colubridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Liophis
Species miliaris
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Erythrolamprus
Species miliaris
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

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