Telosentis
| Telosentis | |
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| 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
- ↑ 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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