Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia crotali Lopez-Neyra & Diaz-Ungria, 1958
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2391
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species crotali
Authority Lopez-Neyra & Diaz-Ungria, 1958
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

López-Neyra, C. R. and C. Diaz-Ungria. 1958. Cestodes de Venezuela. V. Cestodes de vertebrados Venezolanos [segunda nota]. Novedades Cientificas Contribucciones ocasionales del Museo de Historia Natural La Salle, Caracas, Venezuela. Serie Zoológica 23: 1-41.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/11/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
03/15/2010Modified
11/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Crotalus
Species durissimus terrificus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Venezuela
Body of Water Laguna Campona de Cariaco
Island(s)
City/Region Estado Sucre
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
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Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Types MHNLS 950 & 1002 Cotypes number 1003 in Colección R. López-Neyra, Insituto Nacional de Parasitología (Granada, Spain)
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Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.