Tapeworm Species Details

Crepidobothrium grandis (La Rue, 1911) Meggitt, 1927
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2710
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Crepidobothrium
Species grandis
Authority (La Rue, 1911) Meggitt, 1927
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Ophiotaenia grandis La Rue, 1911
Synonyms Proteocephalus grandis (La Rue, 1911) Harwood, 1933; Ophiotaenia marenzelleri (Barrois, 1898) La Rue, 1911 in partim; Proteocephalus agkistrodontis Harwood, 1933; Ophiotaenia ancistrodontis Harwood, 1933 in Freze (1965); Ophiotaenia agkistrodontis (Harwood, 1933) Freze, 1965
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

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

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Meggitt, F. J. 1927. Remarks on the cestode families Monticellidae and Ichthyotaeniidae. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 21: 69-87.

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Redescription

Scholz T., A. de Chambrier, C. T. McAllister, V. V. Tkach, and R. Kuchta. 2023. Tapeworms (Cestoda: Ophiotaenia) from the northern cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus).. Journal of Parasitology 109: 464–479.

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Scientific Name Notes Meggitt (1927) does not explicitly state that this is a new combination, but this is the earliest use of this name we have found.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/21/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
03/13/2015Modified
06/05/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/04/2023ModifiedR. Kuchta
06/20/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Viperidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Agkistrodon
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 National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -USNM 1323355 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens -17 slides with anterior parts with 4 scoleces and immature proglottids (= ‘true’ O. grandis) and numerous fragments of strobilae with wide pregravid and gravid proglottids (= O. marenzelleri)
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -“material from bottle 14854 U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry”
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.