Proteocephalidae is a diverse family tapeworms with nearly 300 recognized species in 66 genera and 13 subfamilies, whose species are found in every continent. They are mainly parasites of siluriforms and other freshwater fishes, but also parasitize reptiles and amphibians.[1] A typical proteocephalid life cycles include planktonic crustaceans, and small fish as intermediate hosts.
^Mariaux, Jean; de Chambrier, Alain; Waeschenbach, Andrea; Fisseha, Makda; Scholz, Tomas (2015-04-27). "A large 28S rDNA-based phylogeny confirms the limitations of established morphological characters for classification of proteocephalidean tapeworms (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda)". ZooKeys (500): 25–59. doi:10.3897/zookeys.500.9360. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4432239. PMID 25987870.
Proteocephalidae is a diverse family tapeworms with nearly 300 recognized species in 66 genera and 13 subfamilies, whose species are found in every continent...
Proteocephalidea is an order of tapeworms which includes the Proteocephalidae family. Bray, Rod (2018). "Proteocephalidea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine...
belonging to the class Cestoda. Families: Onchobothriidae Prosobothriidae Proteocephalidae Onchoproteocephalidea incertae sedis: Matticestus "Onchoproteocephalidea"...
Ophiotaenia is a genus of tapeworms in the Proteocephalidae family. Ophiotaenia adiposa Rudin, 1917 Ophiotaenia agkistrodontis Harwood, 1933 Ophiotaenia...
Proteocephalus is a genus of flatworms belonging to the family Proteocephalidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Proteocephalus aberrans...
New Species of Frog Cestodes." (1938) Texas A&M University, Department of Entomology Archived 2014-08-13 at the Wayback Machine - Proteocephalidae v t e...
Proteocephalinae is a subfamily of tapeworms in the Proteocephalidae family, which includes the genus Ophiotaenia. Rego, Amilcar Arandas; de Chambrier...
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