Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia ranarum Iwata & Matuda, 1938
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2403
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species ranarum
Authority Iwata & Matuda, 1938
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species NO
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Iwata, S. & S. Matuda. 1938. Ophiotaenia ranarum, a new amphibian cestode. Zool. Mag. (Japan) 50: 221-222.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/12/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
09/24/2006Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
11/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Rana
Species nigromaculata nigromaculata
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Japan
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Kotoen, Sonoda, Mikuni near Osaka
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
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Specimens

Type Material Type specimens: Institute for Research in Microbic Diseases, Osaka Imperial University, parasitologiccal collection, No. 301
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.