Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia marenzelleri (Barrois, 1898) La Rue, 1911
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Monticelliidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2618
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Monticelliidae
Subfamily
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species marenzelleri
Authority (Barrois, 1898) La Rue, 1911
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Ichthyotaenia marenzelleri Barrois, 1898; Crepidobothrium marenzelleri (Barrois, 1898) Meggitt, 1927; Proteocephalus marenzelleri (Barrois, 1898) Brooks, 1978; Ophiotaenia grandis La Rue, 1911 in partim
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
Verified By adc
Citation(s)

Barrois, T. 1898. Sur quelques Ichthyotaenias parasites des serpents. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences, de l’Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 2: 6-9.

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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
11/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/04/2023ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Viperidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trigonocephalus
Species piscivorus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Agkistrodon
Species piscivorus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country USA
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region “propre à la partie méridionale des Etats-Unis”
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -from London Zoological Garden, but originated in USA

Specimens

Type Material not given
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.