Rhadinorhynchidae
is a family of parasitic worms from the order
Echinorhynchida
Echinorhynchida is an order of parasitic worms in the phylum Acanthocephala. It contains the following families:
* Arhythmacanthidae Yamaguti, 1935
* Cavisomidae Meyer, 1932
* Diplosentidae Tubangui and Masiluñgan, 1937
*Echinorhynchidae Cobbol ...
.
Species
Rhadinorhynchidae has 4 subfamilies (Golvanacanthinae, Gorgorhynchinae, Rhadinorhynchinae, and Serrasentoidinae) and the following species:
Golvanacanthinae Paggi and Orecchia, 1972
''
Golvanacanthus''
Paggi and Orecchia, 1972
*''Golvanacanthus blennii''
Paggi and Orecchia, 1972
Gorgorhynchinae Van Cleave & Lincicome, 1940
''
Australorhynchus
Rhadinorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.
Species
Rhadinorhynchidae has 4 subfamilies (Golvanacanthinae, Gorgorhynchinae, Rhadinorhynchinae, and Serrasentoidinae) and the following species: Golvanacan ...
''
Lebedev, 1967
*''Australorhynchus tetramorphacanthus''
Lebedev, 1967
''
Cleaveius''
Subrahmanian, 1927
*''Cleaveius circumspinifer''
Subrahmanian, 1927
*''Cleaveius clupei''
(Gupta & Sinha, 1992)
*''Cleaveius durdanae''
Kumar, 1992
*''Cleaveius fotedari''
(Gupta & Naqvi, 1980)
*''Cleaveius inglisi''
(Gupta & Fatma, 1987)
*''Cleaveius leiognathi''
Jain & Gupta, 1979
*''Cleaveius longirostris''
Moravec and Sey, 1989
*''Cleaveius mysti''
(Sahay and Sinha, 1971)
*''Cleaveius portblairensis''
Jain & Gupta, 1979
*''Cleaveius prashadi''
(Datta, 1940)
*''Cleaveius puriensis''
(Gupta & Sinha, 1992)
*''Cleaveius secundus''
(Tripathi, 1959)
*''Cleaveius singhai''
(Gupta & Fatma, 1987)
*''Cleaveius thapari''
(Gupta & Naqvi, 1980)
''
Edmondsacanthus
Rhadinorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.
Species
Rhadinorhynchidae has 4 subfamilies (Golvanacanthinae, Gorgorhynchinae, Rhadinorhynchinae, and Serrasentoidinae) and the following species: Golvanacan ...
''
Smales, 2009
*''Edmondsacanthus blairi''
Smales, 2009
''
Gorgorhynchus''
Chandler, 1934
*''Gorgorhynchus celebesensis''
(Yamaguti, 1954)
*''Gorgorhynchus clavatus''
Van Cleave, 1940
*''Gorgorhynchus lepidus''
Van Cleave, 1940
*''Gorgorhynchus medius''
(Linton, 1908) Chandler, 1934
*''Gorgorhynchus nemipteri''
Parukhin, 1973
*''Gorgorhynchus occultus''
Smales, Barton, and Chisholm[Smales, L.R., Barton, D.P. & Chisholm, L.A. Acanthocephalans from Australian elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes) with a description of a new species in the genus Gorgorhynchus Chandler, 1934 (Rhadinorhynchidae). Syst Parasitol 96, 565–573 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-019-09871-x]
''G. occultus'' has been found parasitising the
Cobbler wobbegong
The cobbler wobbegong, ''Sutorectus tentaculatus'', is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, the only member of the genus ''Sutorectus''. It is found in the subtropical eastern Indian Ocean around Western Australia between latitudes 26° ...
(''Sutorectus tentaculatus'') in
Bunbury, Western Australia
Bunbury is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, approximately south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's third most populous city after Perth and Mandurah, with a population of approximately 75,000.
Located at ...
. The proboscis of this worm has 18 to 20 rows of 8 or 9 hooks followed by a well-developed neck. The body contains irregular circles of small spines in a single anterior portion. The male reproductive system limited to the posterior quarter of the trunk. There are three cement glands.
*''Gorgorhynchus ophiocephali''
Furtado & Lau, 1971
*''Gorgorhynchus polymixiae''
Kovalenko, 1981
*''Gorgorhynchus robertdollfusi''
Golvan, 1956
*''Gorgorhynchus satoi''
Morisita, 1937
*''Gorgorhynchus tonkinensis''
Amin & Ha, 2011
*''Gorgorhynchus trachinotus''
Noronha, Vicente, Pinto & Fábio, 1986
''
Leptorhynchoides''
Kostylev, 1924
*''Leptorhynchoides acanthidion''
Steinauer & Nickol, 2015
*''Leptorhynchoides aphredoderi''
Buckner & Buckner, 1976
*''Leptorhynchoides apoglyphicus''
Steinauer & Nickol, 2015
*''Leptorhynchoides atlanteus''
Steinauer & Nickol, 2015
*''Leptorhynchoides macrorchis''
Steinauer & Nickol, 2015
*''Leptorhynchoides nebularosis''
Steinauer & Nickol, 2015
*''Leptorhynchoides plagicephalus''
(Westrum, 1821)
*''Leptorhynchoides polycristatus''
Amin, Heckmann, Halajian, El-Naggar & Tavakol, 2013
*''Leptorhynchoides seminolus''
Steinauer & Nickol, 2015
*''Leptorhynchoides thecatus''
(Linton, 1891) Kostylev, 1924
''
Metacanthocephaloides''
Yamaguti, 1959
*''
Metacanthocephaloides zebrini''
Yamaguti, 1959
''
Metacanthocephalus
''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae.
The species of this genus are found in Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south ...
''
Yamaguti, 1959
*''
Metacanthocephalus campbelli
''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae.
The species of this genus are found in Antarctica.
Species:
*'' Metacanthocephalus campbelli''
*'' Metacanthocephalus dalmori''
*'' Metacanthocephalus john ...
''
(Leiper & Atkinson, 1914)
*''
Metacanthocephalus dalmori
''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae.
The species of this genus are found in Antarctica.
Species:
*''Metacanthocephalus campbelli''
*'' Metacanthocephalus dalmori''
*'' Metacanthocephalus johns ...
''
Zdzitowiecki, 1983
*''
Metacanthocephalus johnstoni
''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae.
The species of this genus are found in Antarctica.
Species:
*''Metacanthocephalus campbelli''
*''Metacanthocephalus dalmori''
*'' Metacanthocephalus johnst ...
''
Zdzitowiecki, 1983
*''
Metacanthocephalus ovicephalus
''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae.
The species of this genus are found in Antarctica.
Species:
*'' Metacanthocephalus campbelli''
*'' Metacanthocephalus dalmori''
*'' Metacanthocephalus joh ...
''
(Zhukov, 1963)
*''
Metacanthocephalus pleuronichthydis
''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae.
The species of this genus are found in Antarctica.
Species:
*'' Metacanthocephalus campbelli''
*'' Metacanthocephalus dalmori''
*'' Metacanthocephalus joh ...
''
Yamaguti, 1959
*''
Metacanthocephalus rennicki
''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae.
The species of this genus are found in Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south ...
''
(Leiper & Atkinson, 1914)
''
Micracanthorhynchina
''Micracanthorhynchina'' 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 microscopi ...
''
Strand, 1936
*''
Micracanthorhynchina atherinomori
''Micracanthorhynchina'' 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 microscopi ...
''
Smales, 2014
*''
Micracanthorhynchina chandrai
''Micracanthorhynchina'' 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 microscopi ...
''
Bhattacharya, 2007
*''
Micracanthorhynchina cynoglossi
''Micracanthorhynchina'' 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 microscopi ...
''
Wang, 1980
*''
Micracanthorhynchina dakusuiensis
''Micracanthorhynchina'' 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 microscopi ...
''
(Harada, 1938)
*''
Micracanthorhynchina golvani
''Micracanthorhynchina'' 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 microscopi ...
''
Gupta & Sinha, 1992
*''
Micracanthorhynchina hemiculturus
''Micracanthorhynchina'' 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 microscopi ...
''
Demshin, 1965
*''
Micracanthorhynchina hemirhamphi''
(Baylis, 1944)
*''
Micracanthorhynchina indica''
Farooqi, 1980
*''
Micracanthorhynchina kuwaitensis''
Amin & Sey, 1996
*''
Micracanthorhynchina lateolabracis''
Wang, 1980
*''
Micracanthorhynchina motomurai''
(Harada, 1935)
*''
Micracanthorhynchina segmentata''
(Yamaguti, 1959)
''
Paracanthorhynchus''
Edmonds, 1967
*''
Paracanthorhynchus galaxiasus''
Edmonds, 1967
''
Pseudauchen''
Yamaguti, 1963
*''
Pseudauchen epinepheli''
(Yamaguti, 1939)
''
Pseudoleptorhynchoides''
Salgado-Maldonado, 1976
*''
Pseudoleptorhynchoides lamothei''
Salgado-Maldonado, 1976
Rhadinorhynchinae Lühe, 1912
''
Cathayacanthus''
Golvan, 1969
* ''Cathayacanthus bagarii''
Moravec and Sey, 1989
*''Cathayacanthus exilis''
(Van Cleave, 1928)
*''Cathayacanthus spinitruncatus''
Amin, Heckmann & Ha, 2014[ ][ ]
''
Megistacantha''
Golvan, 1960
* ''Megistacantha horridum''
(Lühe, 1912)
* ''Megistacantha sanghaensis''
Kvach, Jirků & Scholz, 2016
''
Paragorgorhynchus''
Golvan, 1957
* ''Paragorgorhynchus albertianus''
Golvan, 1957
* ''Paragorgorhynchus chariensis''
Troncy, 1970
''
Pseudogorgorhynchus''
Moravec, Wolter & Korting, 2000
*''Pseudogorgorhynchus arii''
Moravec, Wolter & Korting, 2000
''
Raorhynchus''
Tripathi, 1959
*''Raorhynchus cadenati''
Gupta & Sinha, 1992
*''Raorhynchus guptai''
Gupta & Kumar, 1987
*''Raorhynchus inexspectatus''
Golvan, 1969
*''Raorhynchus megalaspisi''
Wang, Wang and Wu, 1993
*''Raorhynchus mayeri''
(Heinz, 1934)
*''Raorhynchus polynemi''
Tripathi, 1959
*''Raorhynchus schmidti''
George & Nadakal, 1978
*''Raorhynchus terebra''
Rudolphi, 1819
*''Raorhynchus thapari''
Gupta & Fatma, 1981
''
Rhadinorhynchus
''Rhadinorhynchus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*'' Rhadinorhynchus africanus''
*'' Rhadinorhynchus atheri''
*'' Rhadinorhynchus bicircumspinus''
*'' Rhadin ...
''
Lühe, 1911
*''Rhadinorhynchus africanus''
(Golvan, Houin and Deltour, 1963)
*''Rhadinorhynchus atheri''
(Farooqui, 1981)
*''Rhadinorhynchus bicircumspinis''
Hooper, 1983
*''Rhadinorhynchus biformis''
Smales, 2014
*''Rhadinorhynchus cadenati''
(Golvan & Houin, 1964)
*''Rhadinorhynchus camerounensis''
Golvan, 1969
*''Rhadinorhynchus capensis''
Bray, 1974
*''Rhadinorhynchus carangis''
Yamaguti, 1939
*''Rhadinorhynchus chongmingnensis''
Huang, Zheng, Deng, Fan and Ni, 1988
*''Rhadinorhynchus cololabis''
Laurs & McCauley, 1964
*''Rhadinorhynchus decapteri''
(Braicovich, Lanfranchi, Farber, Marvaldi, Luque and Timi, 2014)[Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Farber, M. D., Marvaldi, A. E., Luque, J. L. & Timi, J. T. (2014). Genetic and morphological evidence reveals the existence of a new family, genus and species of Echinorhynchida (Acanthocephala). ''Folia Parasitologica'', 61(4), 377–384.url=https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/bitstream/handle/11336/32227/CONICET_Digital_Nro.b0fcac17-fd1e-44a2-b39d-2aa43e46a71c_A.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y]
''R. decapteri'' is a parasite of the marine fish
Round scad (''Decapterus punctatus'') and is found coastal waters of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. It has 10 longitudinal rows of 22–26 hooks. The species name ''decapteri'' was derived from the genus (''Decapterus'') of the type host.
*''Rhadinorhynchus ditrematus''
Yamaguti, 1939
*''Rhadinorhynchus dollfusi''
Gupta & Fatma, 1987
*''Rhadinorhynchus dorsoventrospinosus''
Amin, Heckmann & Há, 2011
*''Rhadinorhynchus dujardini''
Golvan, 1969
*''Rhadinorhynchus echeneisi''
Gupta and Gupta, 1980
*''Rhadinorhynchus erumeii''
(Gupta & Fatma, 1981)
*''Rhadinorhynchus ganapatii''
Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985
*''Rhadinorhynchus hiansi''
Soota & Bhattacharya, 1981
*''Rhadinorhynchus japonicus''
Fujita, 1920
*''Rhadinorhynchus johnstoni''
Golvan, 1969
*''Rhadinorhynchus keralensis''
Gupta & Fatma, 1987
*''Rhadinorhynchus laterospinosus''
Amin, Heckmann & Há, 2011[ ]
*''Rhadinorhynchus lintoni''
Cable & Linderoth, 1963
*''Rhadinorhynchus oligospinosus''
Amin & Heckmann, 2017[ ]
*''Rhadinorhynchus mariserpentis''
(Steinauer, Garcia-Vedrenne, Weinstein & Kuris, 2019)
''R. mariserpentis'' parasitizes the
Oarfish
Oarfish are huge, greatly elongated, pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the small family Regalecidae. Found in areas spanning from temperate ocean zones to tropical ones, yet rarely seen, the oarfish family contains three species in two gene ...
, ''
Regalecus russelii
''Regalecus russelii'', or Russell's oarfish, is a species of oarfish in the family Regalecidae. It is a broadly-distributed marine fish, found in waters in the bathypelagic zone. ''R. russelii'' is a scaleless, elongate and ribbonlike fish, gro ...
'' and has been collected near
Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū
is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It has an area of and a population of about 88,594 (national census, 2000).
Facilities
Important facilities include Green Park, Ecotown recycling area, Gakuen Toshi academic area, and Hibiki container ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
*''Rhadinorhynchus ornatus''
Van Cleave, 1918
*''Rhadinorhynchus pelamysi''
Gupta & Gupta, 1980
*''Rhadinorhynchus pichelinae''
Smales, 2014
*''Rhadinorhynchus plagioscionis''
Thatcher, 1980
*''Rhadinorhynchus plotosi''
Parukhin, 1985
*''Rhadinorhynchus polydactyli''
Smales, 2014
*''Rhadinorhynchus polynemi''
Gupta & Lata, 1967
*''Rhadinorhynchus pomatomi''
Smales, 2014
*''Rhadinorhynchus pristis''
(Rudolphi, 1802)
*''Rhadinorhynchus saltatrix''
Troncy & Vassiliades, 1973
*''Rhadinorhynchus selkirki''
Van Cleave, 1921
*''Rhadinorhynchus seriolae''
(Yamaguti, 1963)
*''Rhadinorhynchus stunkardii''
Gupta & Fatma, 1987
*''Rhadinorhynchus trachuri''
Harada, 1935
''R. trachuri'' is one of the most widespread acanthocephalans infesting fish from the Eastern Pacific, Western Pacific, and Indian Oceans. On the South pacific coast of
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
, it was found infesting the
Frigate tuna
The frigate tuna, frigate mackerel or alagaduwa (''Auxis thazard'') is a species of tuna, in the family Scombridae, found around the world in tropical oceans. The eastern Pacific population is now regarded as a separate species by some authoritie ...
(''Auxis thazard''), and the
Torpedo scad
The torpedo scad (''Megalaspis cordyla''), also known as the hardtail scad, finny scad, finletted mackerel scad or cordyla scad, is a species of moderately large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family, Carangidae. The torpe ...
(''Megalaspis cordyla'').
[Amin, O.M. Redescription of Rhadinorhynchus trachuri Harada, 1935 (Acanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae) from Marine Fish in Vietnam and California with a Discussion of its Zoogeography. Acta Parasit. (2019). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-019-00130-z]
*''Rhadinorhynchus trivandricus''
George & Nadkal, 1978
*''Rhadinorhynchus vancleavei''
Golvan, 1969
*''Rhadinorhynchus zhukovi''
Golvan, 1969
''
Slendrorhynchus''
Amin & Sey, 1996
*''Slendrorhynchus breviclaviproboscis''
Amin & Sey, 1996
Serrasentoidinae Parukhin, 1982
''
Serrasentoides''
Parukhin, 1971
*''Serrasentoides fistulariae''
Parukhin, 1971
Hosts
''Rhadinorhynchidae'' species parasitize fish hosts.
File:Decapterus punctatus Gulf of Mexico.jpg, The Round scad is a host of ''Rhadinorhynchus decapteri''
File:Regalecus russelii Academia Sinica.jpg, The oarfish ''Regalecus russelii
''Regalecus russelii'', or Russell's oarfish, is a species of oarfish in the family Regalecidae. It is a broadly-distributed marine fish, found in waters in the bathypelagic zone. ''R. russelii'' is a scaleless, elongate and ribbonlike fish, gro ...
'' is a host of ''Rhadinorhynchus mariserpentis''
Notes
References
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Echinorhynchida
Acanthocephala families