Telosentis

Telosentis
Proboscis of Telosentis exiguus from the grass goby from Ukraine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Echinorhynchida
Family: Illiosentidae
Genus:
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]

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.[1]


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