Ophiotaenia ranae

Ophiotaenia ranae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda (Eucestoda)
Order: Proteocephalidea
Family: Proteocephalidae
Subfamily: Proteocephalinae
Genus: Ophiotaenia
Species

Ophiotaenia ranae
Yamaguti, 1938

Ophiotaenia ranae is a tapeworm of frogs in Japan.[1]

It is parasite of the frog Rana nigromaculata.[2]

References

  1. Satyu Yamaguti 24. Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan Part 22. Two New Species of Frog Cestodes." (1938)
  2. Texas A&M University, Department of Entomology - Proteocephalidae


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