Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus gracilis (Jones, Cheng & Gillespie 1958) Brooks, 1978
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2436
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
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Genus Proteocephalus
Species gracilis
Authority (Jones, Cheng & Gillespie 1958) Brooks, 1978
Taxonomic Status Homonym
Valid Name Ophiotaenia gracilis Jones, Cheng & Gillespie, 1958
Synonyms -Batrachotaenia gracilis (Jones, Cheng & Gillespie, 1958) Freze, 1965
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Jones, A. W., T. C. Cheng, and R. F. Gillespie. 1958. Ophiotaenia gracilis n. sp., a proteocephalid cestode from a frog. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 33: 84-88.

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Brooks, D. R. 1978. Systematic status of proteocephalid cestodes from reptiles and amphibians in North America with descriptions of three new species. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 45: 1-28.

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Scientific Name Notes -this is a homonym of Proteocephalus gracilis (Beddard, 1913) Yamaguti, 1958

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/13/2004 Created Caira , Scholz
11/08/2013Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

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