Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus nattereri (Parona, 1901) Harwood, 1933
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Species ID 2455
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
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Genus Proteocephalus
Species nattereri
Authority (Parona, 1901) Harwood, 1933
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Ophiotaenia nattereri (Parona, 1901) La Rue, 1911
Synonyms Ichthyotaenia nattereri Parona, 1901 Crepidobothrium nattereri (Parona, 1901) Meggitt, 1927
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Parona, C. 1901. Di alcuni cestodi brasiliani, raccolti dal dott. Adolfo Lutz. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Regia Universita di Genova No. 102: 1-12.

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Harwood, P. D. 1933. The helminths parasitic in a water moccasin (snake) with a discussion of the characters of the Proteocephalidae. Parasitology 25: 132-142.

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03/11/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
11/08/2013Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

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