Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia pigmentata (von Linstow, 1908) La Rue, 1911
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2621
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species pigmentata
Authority (von Linstow, 1908) La Rue, 1911
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Synonyms Ichthyotaenia pigmentata von Linstow, 1908
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Type Species NO
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Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Linstow, O., von. 1908. Note X. Helminthen von Herrn Edward Jacobson in Java (Semarang) Gesammelt. Notes from the Leyden Museum 29: 81-87.

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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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Record Data

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
11/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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Locality Notes probably Geneva Lake Switzerland (Scholz pers. comm.)

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