Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia carpathica (Sharpilo, Kornyushin & Lisitsina, 1976) Schmidt, 1986
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2388
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species carpathica
Authority (Sharpilo, Kornyushin & Lisitsina, 1976) Schmidt, 1986
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Batrachotaenia carpathica Sharpilo, Kornyushin & Lisitsina, 1976
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Sharpilo, V. P., V. V. Kornyushin, and O. I. Lisitsina. 1979. Batrachotaenia carpathica sp. n. (Cestoda: Ophiotaeniidae) a new species of proteocephalid cestodes from amphibians of Europe. Helminthologia 16: 259-264.

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Schmidt, G. D. 1986. Handbook of tapeworm identification. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 675 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/13/2004 Created Caira , Scholz
03/11/2010Modified
04/15/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
06/24/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/22/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Amphibia
Host Order Urodella
Host Family Salamandridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Triturus
Species cristatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Triturus
Species cristatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ukraine
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region surroudings of Striy in the Lvov district (Ukrainian Carpathians)
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes date collected: July, 1978

Specimens

Type Material colleciton of the Institute of Zoology of Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian S.S.R. N. 201-1(holotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.