Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Cestoda > Subclass Nephroposticophora > Subclass Eucestoda > Order Cyclophyllidea > Family Davaineidae

Ophryocotyle Friis, 1870

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ophryocotyle alaskensis Webster, 1949
Ophryocotyle fuhrmanni Tendeiro, 1953
Ophryocotyle insignis Lonnberg, 1890
Ophryocotyle minutum Endrigkeit, 1940
Ophryocotyle proteus Friis, 1870
Ophryocotyle prudhoei Burt, 1962

Literature

original description	Friis, G. M. (1870). L'Ophryocotyle proteus, noveau Cestoide chez les oiseaux. Dansk. Videnskabelige Meddelelser Fra Naturhistorisk Forening. 1S: 3-4.
basis of record	Bray, R.A. (2001). Cestoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 146-149
additional source	Dimitrova, Y. D.; Vasileva, G. P.; Mariaux, J.; Georgiev, B. B. (2023). Two and a Half Centuries after Houttuyn: A Review of Avian Cestodes (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) from Africa. Diversity. 15(5): 634.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].