Echinorhynchida is an
order of parasitic worms in the
phylum
In biology, a phylum (; plural: phyla) is a level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. Traditionally, in botany the term division has been used instead of phylum, although the International Code of Nomenclature f ...
Acanthocephala
Acanthocephala (Greek , ', thorn + , ', head) is a phylum of parasitic worms known as acanthocephalans, thorny-headed worms, or spiny-headed worms, characterized by the presence of an eversible proboscis, armed with spines, which it uses to p ...
. It contains the following families:
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Arhythmacanthidae Yamaguti, 1935
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Cavisomidae Meyer, 1932
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Diplosentidae Tubangui and Masiluñgan, 1937
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Echinorhynchidae
Echinorhynchidae is a family of acanthocephalan parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida. The adult worms live in the intestines of fishes, amphibians and reptiles.
The family contains the following genera, organised by subfamily.Amin, A ...
Cobbold, 1876
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Fessisentidae Van Cleave, 1931
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Gymnorhadinorhynchidae Braicovich, Lanfranchi, Farber, Marvaldi, Luque and Timi, 2014
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Heteracanthocephalidae Petrochenko, 1956
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Illiosentidae Golvan, 1960
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Isthmosacanthidae Smales, 2012
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Pomphorhynchidae
Pomphorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.
Species
Pomphorhynchidae has five genera which contain the following species:
''Longicollum'' Yamaguti, 1935
*''Longicollum alemniscus'' (Harada, 1935)
*''Longicol ...
Yamaguti, 1939
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Rhadinorhynchidae Lühe, 1912
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Sauracanthorhynchidae Bursey, Goldberg and Kraus, 2007
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Transvenidae Pichelin and Cribb, 2001
References
Palaeacanthocephala
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