Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Eoacanthocephala > Order Neoechinorhynchida > Family Neoechinorhynchidae > Subfamily Atactorhynchinae > Genus Floridosentis

Floridosentis mugilis (Machado Filho, 1951) Bullock, 1962

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Floridosentis*	Ward, 1953	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Atactorhynchus mugilis*	Machado Filho, 1951	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D.I. (2001). Acanthocephala, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 176-177
additional source	Pereira, J., da Silva, R. Z. (2016). Acanthocephala. In: Eiras, J., Vellosa, A,, Pereira, J. Parasitos de peixes marinhos da América do Sul. Editora de FURG, Rio Grande. pp. 261-275.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Salgado-Maldonado, G. and O. M. Amin. 2009. Acanthocephala of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 539–552 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
new combination reference	Bullock, W. L. (1962). The status of the acanthocephalan genus Floridosentis Ward, 1953 and Atactorhynchus Chandler, 1935. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 29: 217-218.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Floridosentis mugilis (Machado Filho, 1951) Bullock, 1962. 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:100616