| the status of the diplosentidae (acanthocephala: palaeacanthocephala) and a new family of acanthocephalans from australian wrasses (pisces: labridae). | the status and composition of the diplosentidae tubangui et masiluñgan, 1937 are reviewed. the type species of the type genus, diplosentis amphacanthi tubangui et masiluñgan, 1937 from siganus canaliculatus (park, 1797) in the philippines, is concluded to have been described inaccurately in supposedly possessing only two cement glands and lemnisci enclosed in a membranous sac. the species is almost certainly very close to species of neorhadinorhynichus yamaguti, 1939 and sclerocollum schmidt et ... | 2001 | 11817452 |