Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia agkistrodontis (Harwood, 1933) Freze, 1965
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2830
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species agkistrodontis
Authority (Harwood, 1933) Freze, 1965
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Ophiotaenia grandis La Rue, 1911
Synonyms Crepidobothrium grandis (La Rue, 1911) Meggitt, 1927; 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)
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Harwood, P. D. 1933. The helminths parasitic in a water moccasin (snake) with a discussion of the characters of the Proteocephalidae. Parasitology 25: 132-142.

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Freze, V. I. 1965. [Proteocephalata in Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles] (In Russian). Osnovy Tsestodologii 5: 538 pp.

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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 Freze (1965) appears to have been the first to use this new combination, but did not formally indicate it as such. Freze also emended the spelling of the specific epithet to “ancistrodontis” indicating it as a nom. emend.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/20/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/16/2010Modified
04/04/2023ModifiedR. Kuchta
06/21/2024ModifiedT. 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 near Houston, Texas
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -USNM 1321332 (holotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens -14 specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.