''Acutogordius'' is a genus of
worm
Worms are many different distantly related bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and no eyes (though not always).
Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine polychaete wor ...
s belonging to the family
Gordiidae
''Gordiidae'' is a family of parasitic horsehair worms belonging to the order Gordioidea.
Description
To date only two genera have been identified in the Gordiidae. These horsehair worms are characterized by a post- cloacal crescent located at ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Northern America,
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...
.
Species
IRMNG lists the following species:
* ''
Acutogordius acuminatus''
de Miralles & de Villalobos, 1998
* ''
Acutogordius americanus''
de Miralles & de Villalobos, 1998
* ''
Acutogordius australiensis''
Spiridonov, 1984
* ''
Acutogordius doriae''
(Camerano, 1890)
* ''
Acutogordius feae''
Heinze, 1952
* ''
Acutogordius incertus''
Heinze, 1952
* ''
Acutogordius obesus''
(Camerano, 1895)
* ''
Acutogordius olivetti''
Schmidt-Rhaesa & Piper, 2021
* ''
Acutogordius protectus''
Schmidt-Rhaesa & Geraci, 2006
* ''
Acutogordius sulawensis''
Schmidt-Rhaesa & Geraci, 2006
* ''
Acutogordius taiwanensis''
Chiu, Huang, Wu & Shiao, 2017
References
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Nematomorpha