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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Rhabditida

Spirurina

              Physalopteroidea

               Physalopteridae

Proleptus Dujardin, 1845

Type species of the genus: Proleptus acutus Dujardin, 1845

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Intestinal parasites of marine fish.

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References:

Baylis, H.A. 1933. On the nematode genus Proleptus. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 12:325-335.

Dujardin, F. 1845 Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. Paris: Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, xvi + 654 + 15 pp.

Moravec, F., Van As, J.G., Dykova, I. 2002. Proleptus obtusus Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda: Physalopteridae) from the puffadder shyshark Haploblepharus edwardsii (Scyliorhinidae) from off South Africa. Systematic Parasitology 53:169-173.

Silva, R.J., Baldassin, P., Gonzalez, G.K., Sakiyama, D.T.P., Lavor, U.L., Werneck, M.R., Gallo, H. 2008. Proleptus acutus Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda, Physalopteridae) parasite of rays Zapteryx brevirostris Maller & Henle, 1841 (Rhinobatiformes, Rhinobatidae) in Brazil. Arq. Bras. Med. Vet. Zootec., 60:1573-1575.

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: October 03, 2024.