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

Ophryocotyle proteus Friis, 1870

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophryocotyle*	Friis, 1870	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ophryocotyle lacazii*	Villot, 1875	subjective synonym

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	Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128.