Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia georgievi de Chambrier, Ammann & Scholz, 2010
Onchoproteocephalidea I:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9664
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family
Subfamily
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species georgievi
Authority de Chambrier, Ammann & Scholz, 2010
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species
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Citation(s)

de Chambrier, A., M. Ammann, and T. Scholz. 2010. First species of Ophiotaenia (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) from Madagascar: O. georgievi sp n., a parasite of the endemic snake Leioheterodon geayi (Colubridae). Folia Parasitologica (Ceske Budejovice) 57(3): 197-205.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/22/2012 Created B. Barbeau
06/09/2014Modified

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Leioheterodon
Species geayi
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Madagascar
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Antananarivo
Coordinates
DD Latitude (18.55'S
DD Longitude 47.31'E)
Additional Localities
Locality Notes April 1968

Specimens

Type Material MHNG INVE No. 65470 (holotype) (field number 27/68) (two slides) MHNG INVE No. 65471, immature, on the same slide as the holotype; MHNG INVE 65472, on the same slide as the holotype, the scolex in serial frontal sections (one slide); MHNG INVE 65473, eight slides (two whole­mounts and six slides of serial cross­sections); MHNG INVE 65474, one scolex mounted for SEM observations; BMNH 2010.7.26.1 – paratype, one slide of serial cross­sections (from MHNG INVE 65473); IPCAS C­-564/1 – paratype, one slide of serial cross­sections
Total Number of Type Specimens Based on 5 specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.