Ophiotaenia gracilis Jones, Cheng & Gillespie, 1958
|
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.15468/um2vzb |
|
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5310289 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/006D2C05-387E-AE06-FF63-6CA6FCE2FE3E |
|
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
|
scientific name |
Ophiotaenia gracilis Jones, Cheng & Gillespie, 1958 |
| status |
|
Ophiotaenia gracilis Jones, Cheng & Gillespie, 1958 View in CoL
Site of infection: intestine.
Recruitment: ingestion.
Distribution: USA: Colorado ( Buhler 1968, 1970; HWML); Virginia ( Jones et al. 1958).
Specimens in collections: HWML: 33913, 37201.
Remarks: Ophiotaenia gracilis and Ophiotaenia magna share Lithobates catesbeianus as type host. Position of genital pore in mature proglottids (pre-equatorial in O. magna and equatorial in O. gracilis ) differentiate them ( Hannum 1925; Jones et al. 1958).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
|
Kingdom |
|
|
Phylum |
|
|
Class |
|
|
Order |
|
|
Family |
|
|
Genus |