| Telosentis | |
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| Proboscis of Telosentis exiguus from the grass goby from Ukraine | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| 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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