Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia moennigi Fuhrmann, 1924
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2400
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species moennigi
Authority Fuhrmann, 1924
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Crepidobothrium moennigi (Fuhrmann, 1924) Meggitt, 1927Ichthyotaenia moennigi (Fuhrmann, 1924) Meggitt, 1927 [?]Proteocephalus
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Fuhrmann, O. 1924. Two new species of reptilian cestodes. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 18: 505-513.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/10/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
08/04/2012Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
11/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

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Genus Leptodira
Species hotambeia
Subspecies
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Host Notes

Type Locality

Country South Africa
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Pretoria
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Specimens

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.