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

Onchoproteocephalidea Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Order group names

*Proteocephalidea*	Mola, 1928	synonym

Children

Onchobothriidae Braun, 1900
Prosobothriidae Baer & Euzet, 1955
Proteocephalidae La Rue, 1911

Literature

original description	Caira, J. N.; Jensen, K.; Waeschenbach, A.; Olson, P. D.; Littlewood, D. T. J. (2014). Orders out of chaos – molecular phylogenetics reveals the complexity of shark and stingray tapeworm relationships. International Journal for Parasitology. 44(1): 55-73.
additional source	Caira, J. N.; Jensen, K.; Ivanov, V. A. (2017). Onchoproteocephalidea II Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014. In Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. J. N. Caira & K. Jensen (eds). University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publication No. 25, KS, USA, pp. 279-304.
additional source	de Chambrier, A.; Scholz, T.; Mariaux, J.; Kuchta, R. (2017). Onchoproteocephalidea I Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014. In: Caira, J. N.; Jensen, K. Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008–2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. The University of Kansas Natural History Museum Special Publication No. 25. Lawrence, Kansas. pp. 251-277.