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.

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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

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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2023-01-26 by Dr. David Gibson & by David Gibson

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