Telosentis

Telosentis
Proboscis of Telosentis exiguus from the grass goby from Ukraine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Echinorhynchida
Family: Illiosentidae
Genus: Telosentis
van Cleave, 1923

Telosentis is a genus of acanthocephalans. The representatives of the genus are distributed in tropical waters of Indian ocean, Pacific coast of Australia and Mediterranean. Consists of four species:[1]

  • Telosentis australiensis Edmond, 1964
  • Telosentis exiguus (von Linstow, 1901)
  • Telosentis lutianusi Gupta & Gupta, 1990
  • Telosentis mizellei Gupta & Fatma, 1988

References

  1. Kvach Y., Sasal P. (2010) Telosentis exiguus (von Linstow, 1901) (Palaeacanthocephala: Illiosentidae), a generalist parasite of fishes in the Mediterranean basin. Systematic Parasitology, 76(1): 9-18.


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