''Metacanthocephalus'' 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
Rhadinorhynchidae
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 ...
.
The species of this genus are found in
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
.
Species:
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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 ...
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Metacanthocephalus dalmori''
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Metacanthocephalus johnstoni''
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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References
Rhadinorhynchidae
Acanthocephala genera
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