Transvenidae

Transvenidae
Pararhadinorhynchus magnus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Echinorhynchida
Family: Transvenidae
Pichelin & Cribb, 2001[1]

Transvenidae is a family of thorny-headed worms in the order Echinorhynchida.

Genera

  • Pararhadinorhynchus Johnston & Edmonds, 1947[2] including Pararhadinorhynchus magnus. [3]. Pararhadinorhynchus is sometimes classified within the Diplosentidae.[3]
  • Trajectura Pichelin & Cribb, 2001[1]
  • Transvena Pichelin & Cribb, 2001[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pichelin, S. & Cribb, T. (2001). The status of the Diplosentidae (Acanthocephala: Palaeacanthocephala) and a new family of acanthocephalans from Australian wrasses (Pisces: Labridae). Folia Parasitologica, 48(4), 289–303.
  2. ↑ Johnston, T. H. & Edmonds, S. J. (1947). Australian Acanthocephala No. 5. Transactions of the Royal Society of Australia, 71, 13-19.
  3. 1 2 Van Ha, Nguyen; Amin, Omar M.; Ngo, Ha Duy; Heckmann, Richard A. (2018). "Descriptions of acanthocephalans, Cathayacanthus spinitruncatus (Rhadinorhynchidae) male and Pararhadinorhynchus magnus n. sp. (Diplosentidae), from marine fish of Vietnam, with notes on Heterosentis holospinus (Arhythmacanthidae)". Parasite. 25: 35. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018032. ISSN 1776-1042.


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