Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Palaeacanthocephala > Order Echinorhynchida > Family Leptorhynchoididae > Genus Illiosentis

Illiosentis africanus Golvan, 1956

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Illiosentis*	Van Cleave & Lincicome, 1939	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Illiosentis furcatus africanus*	Golvan, 1956	synonym
*Tegorhynchus africanus*	(Golvan, 1956) Amin, 1985	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	Monks, S.; Pulido-Flores, G. (2002). REEVALUATION AND EMENDED DIAGNOSIS OF ILLIOSENTIS AND I. HETERACANTHUS (ACANTHOCEPHALA: ILLIOSENTIDAE). Journal of Parasitology. 88(2): 365-369.
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.
new combination reference	Amin, O. M. (2013). Classification of the Acanthocephala. Folia Parasitologica. 60 [4]: 273–305.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Illiosentis africanus Golvan, 1956. 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:100620