Giganthorhynchidae

Gigantorhynchida is an order containing a single family, Gigantorhynchidae[1] of microscopic parasitic worms that attach themselves to the intestinal wall of terrestrial vertebrates. Gigantorhynchida contains the following two genera:[2]

Giganthorhynchidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Archiacanthocephala
Order: Gigantorhynchida
Southwell and Macfie, 1925
Family: Giganthorhynchidae
Hamann, 1892

Taxonomy
Archiacanthocephala
Archiacanthocephala
Oligacanthorhynchidae
 

Macracanthorhynchus ingens

 
 

Oncicola venezuelensis

 
 

Oligacanthorhynchus tortuosa

 
 

Nephridiacanthus major

 
 
 
Moniliformidae

Moniliformis moniliformis

 
Gigantorhynchida
 

Mediorhynchus sp.

 
 

Gigantorhynchus echinodiscus

 
 
 
 
Phylogenetic reconstruction for select species in the class Archiacanthocephala[3][4]

Notes

    References
    1. Encyclopedia of Life www.eol.org
    2. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=64352
    3. Nascimento Gomes, Ana Paula; Cesário, Clarice Silva; Olifiers, Natalie; de Cassia Bianchi, Rita; Maldonado, Arnaldo; Vilela, Roberto do Val (December 2019). "New morphological and genetic data of Gigantorhynchus echinodiscus (Diesing, 1851) (Acanthocephala: Archiacanthocephala) in the giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758 (Pilosa: Myrmecophagidae)". International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 10: 281–288. doi:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.09.008.
    4. Amin, O.M.; Sharifdini, M.; Heckmann, R.A.; Zarean, M. (2020). "New perspectives on Nephridiacanthus major (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae) collected from hedgehogs in Iran". Journal of Helminthology. 94. doi:10.1017/S0022149X20000073. PMID 32114988.
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