Tapeworm Species Details

Ophidotaenia Beddard, 1913
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2826
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
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Genus Ophidotaenia
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Authority Beddard, 1913
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Ophiotaenia La Rue, 1911
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Beddard, F. E. 1913. Contributions to the anatomy and systematic arrangement of the Cestoidea. VII. On six species of tapeworms from reptiles, belonging to the genus Ichthyotaenia (s. l.). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913(1): 4-36.

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Scientific Name Notes type species: Ophidotaenia naiae Beddard, 1913. Type by monotypy? Ophidotaenia was considered a synonym of Ophiotaenia La Rue, 1911 by Nybelin (1917)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/18/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
04/14/2011Modified

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Genus Naia
Species tripudians
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Locality Notes “From a snake that died in the Society’s Gardens on April 18th, 1912.”

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.