Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Spiruromorpha > Superfamily Physalopteroidea > Family Physalopteridae > Subfamily Proleptinae

Proleptus Dujardin, 1845

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Coronilla van Beneden, 1871 synonym

Children

Proleptus acutus Dujardin, 1845
Proleptus obtusus Dujardin, 1845
Proleptus robustus (van Beneden, 1871)

Literature

original description

Dujardin, F. (1845). Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret. Paris. xvi + 654 + 15 pp., pls. 1-12.

basis of record

Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.

subsequent type designation

Specian, R. D., J. E. Ubelaker & M. D. Dailey. (1975). Neoleptus gen. n. and a revision of the genus Proleptus Dujardin, 1845. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 42: 14-21.

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Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Proleptus Dujardin, 1845. 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:22925

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not terrestrial

Importance

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2017-06-26 by David Gibson

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