Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia filaroides (La Rue, 1909) La Rue, 1911
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2614
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species filaroides
Authority (La Rue, 1909) La Rue, 1911
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Proteocephalus filaroides La Rue, 1909
Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

La Rue, G. R. 1909. On the morphology and development of a new cestode of the genus Proteocephalus. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 28: 17-49.

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La Rue, G. R. 1911. A revision of the cestode family Proteocephalidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 38: 473-482.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/19/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
09/24/2006Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/02/2020ModifiedR. Kuchta
11/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Amphibia
Host Order Urodela
Host Family Ambystomatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Amblystoma
Species tigrinum
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Amblystoma
Species tigrinum
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes probably Geneva Lake Switzerland (Scholz pers. comm.)

Specimens

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.