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Batrachotaenia magna (Hannum, 1925) Freze, 1965
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2675
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Batrachotaenia
Species magna
Authority (Hannum, 1925) Freze, 1965
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Ophiotaenia magna Hannum, 1925
Synonyms Crepidobothrium magnum (Hannum, 1925) Meggitt, 1927; Ichthyotaenia magna (Magath, 1924 [sic!]) Meggitt, 1927; Proteocephalus magnus (Hannum, 1925) Harwood, 1932;
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Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Hannum, C. A. 1925. A new species of cestode, Ophiotaenia magna n. sp. from the frog. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 44: 148-155.

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Freze, V. I. 1965. [Proteocephalata in Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles] (In Russian). Osnovy Tsestodologii 5: 538 pp.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/20/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
03/13/2015Modified
02/21/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen
04/15/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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