Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Palaeacanthocephala > Order Echinorhynchida > Family Leptorhynchoididae

Telosentis Van Cleave, 1923

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Telosentis exiguus (von Linstow, 1901) Van Cleave, 1923
Telosentis molini Van Cleave, 1923
Telosentis tenuicornis (Linton, 1891) Van Cleave, 1947

Literature

original description	Van Cleave, H. J. (1923). Telosentis, a new genus of Acanthocephala from Southern Europe. Journal of Parasitology. 9: 174-175.
basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
redescription	Naidu, K. V. (2012). Fauna of India and the adjacent countries - Acanthocephala. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. 638 pp.
taxonomy source	Kita, Y.; Hiruta, S. F.; Sasaki, M.; Kajihara, H. (2023). Systematic position of the genus Metacanthocephalus Yamaguti, 1959 (Palaeacanthocephala: Echinorhynchida) inferred from molecular evidence, with a redescription of Metacanthocephalus ovicephalus (Zhukov, 1960). Parasitology International. 94: 102731.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Telosentis Van Cleave, 1923. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:20412

Dr. David Gibson. Telosentis Van Cleave, 1923. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/39199d51-176c-4fff-9494-a38a38382b77