WoRMS taxon details
Proleptus Dujardin, 1845
22925 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22925)
accepted
Genus
Proleptus acutus Dujardin, 1845 (type by subsequent designation)
Coronilla van Beneden, 1871 · unaccepted
Spiropterina van Beneden, 1858 · unaccepted
- Species Proleptus acutus Dujardin, 1845
- Species Proleptus australis Baylis, 1933
- Species Proleptus carvajali Fernández & Villalba, 1985
- Species Proleptus coronatus (van Beneden, 1858)
- Species Proleptus inflatus (Linstow, 1890) Baylis,1933
- Species Proleptus mackenziei Williams & Richards, 1978
- Species Proleptus malayi Sandosham, 1954
- Species Proleptus minutus (van Beneden, 1871)
- Species Proleptus niedmanni Torres & Grandjean, 1983
- Species Proleptus obtusus Dujardin, 1845
- Species Proleptus problematicus Kreis, 1940
- Species Proleptus robustus (van Beneden, 1871)
- Species Proleptus sordidus Lent & Freitas, 1948
- Species Proleptus trygonorrhinae Johnston & Mawson, 1943
- Species Proleptus africanus (Linstow, 1899) accepted as Heliconema africanum (Linstow, 1899)
- Species Proleptus albi Te, Yen, Lang & Trung, 1991 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Proleptus dogiyeli Osmanov, 1940 accepted as Proleptus acutus Dujardin, 1845 (Synonym)
- Species Proleptus urolophi Johnston & Mawson, 1951 accepted as Heliconema urolophi (Johnston & Mawson, 1951)
- Species Proleptus anabantis Pearse, 1933 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Proleptus elegans (Örley, 1885) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Proleptus gordioides van Beneden, 1858 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Proleptus rajae (Diesing, 1851) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Dujardin, F. (1845). Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. <em>Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret. Paris.</em> xvi + 654 + 15 pp., pls. 1-12. [details] 
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Proleptus Dujardin, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22925 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Dujardin, F. (1845). Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. <em>Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret. Paris.</em> xvi + 654 + 15 pp., pls. 1-12. [details]
original description (of Coronilla van Beneden, 1871) Beneden, P.J. van. (1870). Les poissons des côtes de Belgiques, leurs parasites et leurs commensaux. [Fish from the Belgian coast, their parasites and their commensals.]. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 38: i–xx; 1–100; Pls. 1–8. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Spiropterina van Beneden, 1858) Beneden, P.-J. van. (1858). Memoire sur Ies vers intestinaux. <em>Comptes Rendus des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences Supplément.</em> viii + 376 pp., pls. 1-7. [details]
basis of record Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x. [details]
original description (of Coronilla van Beneden, 1871) Beneden, P.J. van. (1870). Les poissons des côtes de Belgiques, leurs parasites et leurs commensaux. [Fish from the Belgian coast, their parasites and their commensals.]. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 38: i–xx; 1–100; Pls. 1–8. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Spiropterina van Beneden, 1858) Beneden, P.-J. van. (1858). Memoire sur Ies vers intestinaux. <em>Comptes Rendus des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences Supplément.</em> viii + 376 pp., pls. 1-7. [details]
basis of record Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors 
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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. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 42: 14-21. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 42: 14-21. [details] Available for editors
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