Rhopaluridae is a family 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 phylum
Orthonectida
Orthonectida () is a small phylum of poorly known parasites of marine invertebrates that are among the simplest of multi-cellular organisms. Members of this phylum are known as orthonectids.
Biology
The adults, which are the sexual stage, are mi ...
, order and class unknown.
Genera:
* ''
Ciliocincta
''Ciliocincta'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhopaluridae.
Species:
*''Ciliocincta akkeshiensis
''Ciliocincta'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhopaluridae
Rhopaluridae is a family of worms belonging to the phyl ...
''
Kozloff, 1965
* ''
Intoshia
''Intoshia'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhopaluridae.
Species:
*'' Intoshia leptoplanae''
*''Intoshia linei
''Intoshia linei'' is a species of parasitic worms belonging to the family Rhopaluridae.
It is the only species from ...
''
Giard, 1877
* ''
Prothelminthus''
Jourdain, 1880
* ''
Rhopalura''
Giard, 1877
* ''
Stoecharthrum''
Caullery & Mesnil, 1899
References
Orthonectida
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