Tapeworm Species Details

Ophidotaenia russelli Beddard, 1913
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2828
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Ophidotaenia
Species russelli
Authority Beddard, 1913
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Beddard, F. E. 1913. Contributions to the anatomy and systematic arrangement of the Cestoidea. VIII. On some species of Ichthyotaenia and Ophidotaenia from Ophidia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913(1): 153-168.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/18/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/16/2010Modified
06/02/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Viperidae
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Genus Vipera
Species russelli
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Type Host
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Genus Vipera
Species russelli
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.