Tapeworm Species Details

Crepidobothrium punica (Cholodkovsky, 1908) Meggitt, 1927
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2727
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Crepidobothrium
Species punica
Authority (Cholodkovsky, 1908) Meggitt, 1927
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Ophiotaenia punica (Cholodkovsky, 1908) La Rue, 1911
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Verified By T. Scholz
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Cholodkovsky, N. 1908. Ueber eine neue Tänie des Hundes. Zoologischer Anzeiger Leipzig 33(13): 418-420.

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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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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. Meggitt mis-spells authority name in table as "Chlodkovsky"

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/21/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/11/2010Modified
04/17/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/20/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/02/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/20/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

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