Tapeworm Species Details

Crepidobothrium marenzelleri (Barrois, 1898) Meggitt, 1927
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2717
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Crepidobothrium
Species marenzelleri
Authority (Barrois, 1898) Meggitt, 1927
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Ophiotaenia marenzelleri (Barrois, 1898) La Rue, 1911
Synonyms Ichthyotaenia marenzelleri Barrois, 1898; Proteocephalus marenzelleri (Barrois, 1898) Brooks, 1978; Ophiotaenia grandis La Rue, 1911 in partim
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
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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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; name appears as "C. marenzelleri" in a table on page 77 of Cit# 4037

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/21/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/11/2010Modified
09/16/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/18/2021ModifiedT. 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 Trigonocephalus
Species piscivorus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Agkistrodon
Species piscivorus
Subspecies
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Host Notes

Type Locality

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

Specimens

Type Material
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.