Marine Species Traits - Protenes Barker & Covey, 1911

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Protenes Barker & Covey, 1911

AphiaID

1472548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1472548)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Protenes leptus Barker & Covey, 1911 accepted as Protenes angustus (Stafford, 1900) Ward, 1918 (type by original designation)

Parent

Telorchiinae Looss, 1899

Synonymised names

Telorchis (Protenes) Barker & Covey, 1911 · unaccepted (Raised to full generic level by...)

Raised to full generic level by Stunkard (1915).

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Species Protenes angustus (Stafford, 1900) Ward, 1918
Species Protenes chapmani Harwood, 1932 accepted as Protenes leptus Barker & Covey, 1911 accepted as Protenes angustus (Stafford, 1900) Ward, 1918 (Synonym )
Species Protenes leptus Barker & Covey, 1911 accepted as Protenes angustus (Stafford, 1900) Ward, 1918 (Synonym )
Species Protenes vitellosus Bennett, 1935 accepted as Protenes leptus Barker & Covey, 1911 accepted as Protenes angustus (Stafford, 1900) Ward, 1918 (Synonym )

Environment

fresh, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Barker, F. D.; Covey, F. W. (1911). A new species of trematode from the Painted Terrapin: Chrysemys Marginata Agassiz. Nebraska University Studies. 11 (3): 193-218. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Protenes Barker & Covey, 1911. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472548 on 2025-06-05

Taxonomic edit history

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2020-12-24 11:25:54Z

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Gibson, David

2021-01-01 11:04:57Z

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Gibson, David

2024-03-13 14:29:39Z

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Bray, Rod

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Nomenclature

original description Barker, F. D.; Covey, F. W. (1911). A new species of trematode from the Painted Terrapin: Chrysemys Marginata Agassiz. Nebraska University Studies. 11 (3): 193-218. [details]

original description (of Telorchis (Protenes) Barker & Covey, 1911) Barker, F. D.; Covey, F. W. (1911). A new species of trematode from the Painted Terrapin: Chrysemys Marginata Agassiz. Nebraska University Studies. 11 (3): 193-218. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Stunkard, H. W. (1915). Notes on the trematode genus Telorchis with descriptions of new species. Journal of Parasitology. 2 (2): 57–66. [details]

taxonomy source Wharton, G. W. (1940). The genera Telorchis, Protenes, and Auridistomum (Trematoda: Reniferidae). Journal of Parasitology. 26 (6): 490–518. [details]

redescription Bennett, H. J. (1935). Four new trematodes from reptiles. Journal of Parasitology. 21 (2): 83-90. [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Font, W. F.; Lotz, J. M. (2008). Family Telorchiidae Looss, 1899. In Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I., & Jones, A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 3. Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum. pp. 425–436.
page(s): 430 [details]

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I.; Antipin, N. D. (1963). Superfamily Plagiorchioidea Dollfus, 1930. Family Telorchidae Stunkard, 1924. Osnovy Trematodologii. 21: 118–257. (In Russian).
page(s): 236 [details]

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