Ophiotaenia sp.

Chambrier, Alain de, Alves, Philippe V., Schuster, Rolf K., Toma & Scholz, s, 2021, Ophiotaenia echidis n. sp. (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) from the saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus sochureki Stemmler (Ophidia: Viperidae), one of the world’s deadliest snakes, from the United Arab Emirates, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 14, pp. 341-354 : 351

6. Ophiotaenia sp.

Markov et al. (1970) reported unidentified species of Ophiotaenia from E. carinatus in Turkmenistan. However, the authors did not provide morphological characterisation and illustrations, and no voucher specimens have been deposited. Therefore, it is impossible to compare tapeworms found in Middle Asia with those found in the United Arab Emirates by the present authors.

Acanthocephala – spiny-headed worms

Archiacanthocephala: Giganthorhynchidae Hamann, 1892