Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia sireni Brooks & Buckner, 1976
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2406
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species sireni
Authority Brooks & Buckner, 1976
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Proteocephalus sireni (Brooks & Bucker, 1976) Brooks, 1978
Synonyms
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Citation(s)

Brooks, D. R. and R. L. Buckner. 1976. Some platyhelminth parasites of sirens (Amphibia: Sirenidae) from North America. Journal of Parasitology 62(6): 906-909.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/13/2004 Created Caira , Scholz
04/13/2010Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
02/01/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Siren
Species intermedia
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Jackson County, Illinois
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes roadside ditches 2 miles north of Gorham

Specimens

Type Material -USNPC No. 73518 (holotype) -USNPC No. 73519 (paratype) -HWML No. 20015 & 20267 (paratypes) -collections of authors (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.