Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia crotaphopeltis Sandground, 1928
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2392
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species crotaphopeltis
Authority Sandground, 1928
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms -Proteocephalus crotaphopeltis (Sandground, 1928) Hudson, 1934
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Type Species NO
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Citation(s)

Sandground, J. H. 1928. Some new cestode and nematode parasites from Tanganyika territory. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 39: 131-150 & plates.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/13/2004 Created Caira , Scholz
09/24/2006Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
11/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

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Type Host
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Genus Crotaphopeltis
Species tornieri
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
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Type Locality

Country Tanganyika Territory (formerly German East Africa) [Tanzania]
Body of Water
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City/Region Nyange, Uluguru Mountains
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Specimens

Type Material -Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachussetts (type material)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.