WoRMS taxon details
Onchoproteocephalidea
835832 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:835832)
Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014
accepted
Order
Proteocephalidea · unaccepted (Change in conception.)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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. <em>International Journal for Parasitology.</em> 44(1): 55-73., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.10.004 [details]
Taxonomy Erected based on a change in conception, even though an older valid name (Proteocephalidea) was available. This act would...
Taxonomy Erected based on a change in conception, even though an older valid name (Proteocephalidea) was available. This act would have been invalid at levels where the ICZN has jurisdiction. DIG [details]
WoRMS (2026). Onchoproteocephalidea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835832 on 2026-02-10
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Nomenclature
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. <em>International Journal for Parasitology.</em> 44(1): 55-73., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.10.004 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Caira, J. N.; Jensen, K.; Ivanov, V. A. (2017). Onchoproteocephalidea II Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014. <em>In Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth.</em> J. N. Caira & K. Jensen (eds). University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publication No. 25, KS, USA, pp. 279-304. [details]
additional source de Chambrier, A.; Scholz, T.; Mariaux, J.; Kuchta, R. (2017). Onchoproteocephalidea I Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014. <em>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.</em> pp. 251-277. [details]
additional source Alves, P. V.; Da Silva, R. J.; Janies, D.; Taylor, W.; Harris, A.; New, G.; Jacob Machado, D. (2025). Mining natural history collections for molecular treasures: mitogenomes and nuclear ribosomal transcription units of proteocephalid tapeworms (Onchoproteocephalidea) via genome skimming. <em>International Journal for Parasitology.</em> 104762., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2025.12.007 [details]
[request]additional source Caira, J. N.; Jensen, K.; Ivanov, V. A. (2017). Onchoproteocephalidea II Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014. <em>In Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth.</em> J. N. Caira & K. Jensen (eds). University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publication No. 25, KS, USA, pp. 279-304. [details]
additional source de Chambrier, A.; Scholz, T.; Mariaux, J.; Kuchta, R. (2017). Onchoproteocephalidea I Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014. <em>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.</em> pp. 251-277. [details]
additional source Alves, P. V.; Da Silva, R. J.; Janies, D.; Taylor, W.; Harris, A.; New, G.; Jacob Machado, D. (2025). Mining natural history collections for molecular treasures: mitogenomes and nuclear ribosomal transcription units of proteocephalid tapeworms (Onchoproteocephalidea) via genome skimming. <em>International Journal for Parasitology.</em> 104762., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2025.12.007 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Erected based on a change in conception, even though an older valid name (Proteocephalidea) was available. This act would have been invalid at levels where the ICZN has jurisdiction. DIG [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | 変頭目 [from synonym] | [details] |
