Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia lactea (Leidy, 1855) La Rue, 1911
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2616
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species lactea
Authority (Leidy, 1855) La Rue, 1911
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Synonyms Taenia lactea Leidy, 1855
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Type Species NO
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Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Leidy, J. 1855. Notices of some Tape Worms. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7: 443-444.

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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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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/19/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
09/24/2006Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/02/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
06/24/2021ModifiedT. Scholz
11/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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