WoRMS taxon details
Paraleptus Wu, 1927
991240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:991240)
accepted
Genus
Paraleptus scyllii Wu, 1927 (type by original designation)
Neoleptus Specian, Ubelaker & Dailey, 1975 · unaccepted
Paraleputs Wu, 1927 · unaccepted (alternate incorrect original spelling)
- Species Paraleptus australis Johnston & Mawson, 1943
- Species Paraleptus chiloscyllii Yin & Zhang, 1983
- Species Paraleptus macronemi Gupta & Srivastava, 1981
- Species Paraleptus scyllii Wu, 1927
- Species Paraleptus tripathii Naqvi & Gupta, 1987
- Species Paraleptus minnanensis (Luo & Huang, 2001) Moravec, Taraschewski, Anantaphruti, Maipanich & Laoprasert, 2007 accepted as Paraleptus chiloscyllii Yin & Zhang, 1983 (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Wu, H. W. (1927). A new nematode from the stomach of a scylloid shark. <em>Contributions to the Biological Laboratory of the Scientific Society of China.</em> 3: 1-3, pls. 1-2. [details] Available for editors 
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Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Paraleptus Wu, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=991240 on 2025-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Wu, H. W. (1927). A new nematode from the stomach of a scylloid shark. <em>Contributions to the Biological Laboratory of the Scientific Society of China.</em> 3: 1-3, pls. 1-2. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Paraleputs Wu, 1927) Wu, H. W. (1927). A new nematode from the stomach of a scylloid shark. <em>Contributions to the Biological Laboratory of the Scientific Society of China.</em> 3: 1-3, pls. 1-2. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Neoleptus Specian, Ubelaker & Dailey, 1975) 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]original description (of Paraleputs Wu, 1927) Wu, H. W. (1927). A new nematode from the stomach of a scylloid shark. <em>Contributions to the Biological Laboratory of the Scientific Society of China.</em> 3: 1-3, pls. 1-2. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Neoleptus Specian, Ubelaker & Dailey, 1975) 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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