Heteracanthocephalidae 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 ...
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Species
Heteracanthocephalidae contains two subfamilies (Aspersentinae and Heteracanthocephalinae) and the following species:
Aspersentinae Golvan, 1960
''Aspersentis''
Van Cleave, 1929
*''Aspersentis austrinus''
Van Cleave, 1929
*''Aspersentis dissosthychi''
(Parukhin, 1989)
*''Aspersentis johni''
(Bayliss, 1929)
''A. johni'' was found parasitizing ''
Patagonotothen longipes
''Patagonotothen'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, belonging to the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or cod icefishes. They are native to the southeast Pacific Ocean, southern Atlantic Ocean and the Southern Ocean.
Taxonomy
''Patagono ...
'' and ''
Champsocephalus esox
''Champsocephalus esox'', the pike icefish or northern icefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Channichthyidae, the crocodile icefishes.
Taxonomy
''Champsocephalus esox'' was first formally described in 1861 as '' ...
'' in the eastern mouth of the
Beagle Channel
Beagle Channel (; Yahgan: ''Onašaga'') is a strait in the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, on the extreme southern tip of South America between Chile and Argentina. The channel separates the larger main island of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego fr ...
.
[Laskowski, Z., & Zdzitowiecki, K. (2009). Occurrence of acanthocephalans in notothenioid fishes in the Beagle Channel (Magellanic sub-region, sub-Antarctic). Polish Polar Research, 30(2), 179-186. ulr=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zdzislaw_Laskowski/publication/264196052_Occurrence_of_acanthocephalans_in_notothenioid_fishes_in_the_Beagle_Channel_Magellanic_sub-region_sub-Antarctic/links/53d18b180cf2a7fbb2e8782c/Occurrence-of-acanthocephalans-in-notothenioid-fishes-in-the-Beagle-Channel-Magellanic-sub-region-sub-Antarctic.pdf]
*''Aspersentis megarhynchus''
(von Linstow, 1892)
*''Aspersentis minor''
Edmonds and Smales, 1992
*''Aspersentis peltorhamphi''
(Baylis, 1944)
*''Aspersentis zanclorhynchi''
(Johnston and Best, 1937)
Heteracanthocephalinae Petrochenko, 1956
''Bullockrhynchus''
Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985
*''Bullockrhynchus indicus''
Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985
''Sachalinorhynchus''
Krotov and Petrochenko, 1956
*''Sachalinorhynchus skrjabini''
Krotov and Petrochenko, 1956
Notes
References
Heteracanthocephalidae Petrochenko, 1956 at the World Register of Marine Species web-site
Echinorhynchida
Acanthocephala families
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