Leptorhynchoididae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.
Species Leptorhynchoididae contains the following species:
Brentisentis
Brentisentis Leotta, Schmidt & Kuntz, 1982 contains three species: Brentisentis chongqingensis Wei, 1998Wei Gang. A new species of Brentisentis from fishes of Chongqing, China(Palaeacanthocephala:Echinorhynchida:Rhadinorhynchidae) Dong wu fen lei xue bao = Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 1998;23(4):342-345.
The species name chongqingensis was named after the location where the samples were collected: Chongqing, China.
Brentisentis uncinus Leotta, Schmidt, Kuntz, 1982Leotta, S. H., Schmidt, G. D., & Kuntz, R. E. (1982). Brentisentis uncinus gen. et sp. n. and Gorgorhynchus satoi (Morisita 1937) Yamaguti 1963 from Taiwan. The Journal of Parasitology, 134-137.
B. uncinus was found infesting the small intestines of the Tank goby (Glossogobius giuris) and Eleotris pisonis near the mouth of Keelung River, Taiwan.
Brentisentis yangtzensis Yu and Wu, 1989
Dentitruncus
Dentitruncus Sinzar, 1955 contains one species: Dentitruncus truttae Sinzar, 1955
Dollfusentis
Golvan, 1969 Dollfusentis bravoae Salgado-Maldonado, 1976 Dollfusentis chandleri Golvan, 1969 Dollfusentis ctenorhynchus (Cable & Linderoth, 1963) Golvan, 1969 Dollfusentis heteracanthus (Cable and Linderoth, 1963) Dollfusentis longispinus (Cable & Linderoth, 1963) Golvan, 1969 Dollfusentis salgadoi Monks, Aleman-Garcia & Pulido-Flores, 2008
Goacanthus
Gupta & Jain, 1980 Goacanthus panajiensis Gupta and Jain, 1980
Indorhynchus
Golvan, 1969 Indorhynchus indicus (Tripathi, 1959) Golvan, 1969 Indorhynchus pseudobargi Wang and Wang, 1988
Koronacantha
Monks & Ponce de Leon, 1996 Koronacantha mexicana Monks & Ponce de Leon, 1996Monks S, Ponce de León GP. Koronacantha mexicana n. gen., n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Illiosentidae) from marine fishes in Chamela Bay, Jalisco, Mexico. J Parasitol. 1996 Oct;82(5):788-92. PMID 8885889. Koronacantha pectinaria (Van Cleave, 1940) Monks & Pérez-Ponce de León, 1996
Metarhadinorhynchus
Yamaguti, 1959 Metarhadinorhynchus cyprini Yin, 1961 Metarhadinorhynchus echeneisi Gupta & Sinha, 1991 Metarhadinorhynchus laterolabracis Yamaguti, 1959 M. laterolabracis is the type species. Metarhadinorhynchus thapari Gupta & Gupta, 1975 Metarhadinorhynchus valiyathurae Nadakal, John et Jacob, 1990Nadakal, A. M., John, K. O., & Jacob, A. (1990). Metarhadinorhynchus valiyathurae sp. nov., an acanthocephalid worm parasitic in the marine fish, Caranx melampygus (Cuv. & Val.). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 225(5/6), 377-382.
Paradentitruncus
Moravec & Sey, 1989 Paradentitruncus longireceptaculis Moravec & Sey, 1989
Pseudorhadinorhynchus
Achmerow & Dombrowskaja-Achmerova, 1941 Pseudorhadinorhynchus cinereus Gupta & Nagui, 1983
P. cinereus was found infesting Stromateus cinereus in Pakistan.Kazmi, Q. B., & Naushaba, R. (2013). Checklist of marine worms reported from Pakistani marine waters. Pakistan Journal of Nematology, 31(2), 187-280.
Pseudorhadinorhynchus deeghai Saxena, 2003 Pseudorhadinorhynchus dhari Kumar, 1992 Pseudorhadinorhynchus dussamicitatum Gupta & Gupta, 1972 Pseudorhadinorhynchus ernakulensis Gupta & Gupta, 1972 Pseudorhadinorhynchus guptai Gupta & Sinha, 1993 Pseudorhadinorhynchus leuciscus (Krotov & Petrochenko, 1956) Pseudorhadinorhynchus longicollum Gupta & Naqvi, 1986 Pseudorhadinorhynchus machidai Kumar, 1992 Pseudorhadinorhynchus markewitschi Achmerov and Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941 Pseudorhadinorhynchus mujibi Gupta & Nagui, 1983
P. mujibi was found infesting Stromateus sinensis in Pakistan.
Pseudorhadinorhynchus nandai Gupta and Sinha, 1993 Pseudorhadinorhynchus orissai Gupta & Fatma, 1985 Pseudorhadinorhynchus pseudaspii Achmerov and Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941 Pseudorhadinorhynchus samegaiensis Nakajima & Egusa, 1975 Pseudorhadinorhynchus srivastavai Gupta & Fatma, 1985 Pseudorhadinorhynchus vietnamensis Moravec and Sey, 1989
Tegorhynchus
Van Cleve, 1921 Tegorhynchus africanus (Golvan, 1955) Tegorhynchus brevis Van Cleave, 1921 Tegorhynchus cetratus (Van Cleave, 1945) Tegorhynchus edmondsi (Golvan, 1960) Tegorhynchus furcatus (Van Cleave & Lincicome, 1939) Tegorhynchus holospinus Amin & Sey, 1996 Tegorhynchus multacanthus (Mamaev, 1970) Amin & Sey, 1996
Telosentis
Telosentis Van Cleve, 1923 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 five species: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.
Telosentis australiensis Edmonds, 1964 Telosentis exiguus (von Linstow, 1901)
T. exiguus is a widespread intestinal parasitic worm. Its hosts are marine and brackish water fish of the Mediterranean basin. This species is found in the Mediterranean SeaGolvan Y.J. (1969) Systématique des acanthocéphales (Acanthocephala Rudolphi 1801). Première partie. L’ordre de Palaeacanthocephala Meyer 1931. Premier fascicule. La superfamille de Echinorhynchoidea (Cobbold 1876) Golvan et Houin 1963. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Série A), 57, 1–373. (near the coasts of France and Italy), in the Adriatic Sea (Italy, Montenegro), the Sea of Marmara,Oğuz M.C. (1991) Ekınlı Lagnünüde yakalanan dere pısısı baliklari (Pleuronectus flesus luscus L. 1758) üzerıne parasıtolojık bır araştirma. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 15: 150–163. the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov (near the coasts of Ukraine). T. exiguus is able to thrive in a variety hosts. It has been found as an intestinal parasite in anchovies, sand-smelts, shads, garfishes, eels, sticklebacks, pipe-fishes, grass gobies, some other gobies, blennies, and wrasses.
T. exiguus''' tegument is covered with spines in anterior and posterior parts. Its cerebral ganglion located in central part of the proboscis sac, sometime moved to anterior region. Its proboscis is cylindrical or club-shaped, armed with 12 longitudinal rows of hooks of same type; the smaller hooks are in the posterior region of proboscis, larger is in its central part. The roots of the hooks have long forward-facing appendixes.
In the Black Sea the intermediate hosts of this acanthocephalan is the amphipod Apherusa bispinosa,Belofastova I.P., Grintsov V.A. (2003) On the Find of Acantellae of the Acanthocephalan Telosentis exiguus in Apherusa bispinosa (Amphipoda, Calliopiidae) in the Black Sea. Vestnik Zoologii, 37(4): 57–59. (in Russian) in the coelom of which the cystacanthes are located. Fish are infested by feeding on amphipods infected with larvae.Telosentis lutianusi Gupta & Gupta, 1990Telosentis mizellei Gupta & Fatma, 1988Telosentis molini'' Van Cleave, 1923
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