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Acanthocephala (Spiny-headed Worms or Thorny-headed Worms)

 

Class: Archiacanthocephala 

Order: Oligacanthorhynchida

Family: Oligacanthorhynchidae
Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Pachysentis gethi (Machado-Filho, 1950) Geth's spiny-headed worm (rediscovered) Brazil (& Mexico?) Rediscovered? Access

 

Class: Eoacanthocephala

–No subordinate taxa

 

Class: Palaeacanthocephala

–No subordinate taxa

  

Appendix 1: Possible future additions to this list

The species Acanthogyrus barmeshoori Amin et al., 2013 was described from specimens collected from the host fish Aphanius farsicus (Farsi tooth-carp) during July 2006-June 2007. The host species is now feared extinct in the wild (Esmaeili & Freyhof, 2014).

 

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Detailed Presentation

 

Class: Archiacanthocephala

Order: Apororhynchida (1 family: Apororhynchidae; 1 genus: Apororhynchus; 7 living species)

–No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Gigantorhynchida (1 family: Giganthorhynchidae; 2 genera: Gigantorhynchus, Mediorhynchus; 64 living species)

–No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Moniliformida (1 family: Moniliformidae; 3 genera: Australiformis, Moniliformis, Promoniliformis; 20 living species)

–No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Oligacanthorhynchida (1 family; 12 genera; 96 living species)

Family: Oligacanthorhynchidae
Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Pachysentis gethi (Machado-Filho, 1950) Geth's spiny-headed worm (rediscovered) Brazil (& Mexico?) Rediscovered? Access

 

Class: Eoacanthocephala

Order: Gyracanthocephala (1 family: Quadrigyridae; 9 genera; many living species)

–No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Neoechinorhynchida (3 families: Dendronucleatidae, Neoechinorhynchidae, Tenuisentidae; 20 genera; many living species)

–No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Polyacanthorhynchida (1 family: Polyacanthorhynchidae; 1 genus: Polyacanthorhynchus; 4 living species)

–No subordinate taxa

 

Class: Palaeacanthocephala

Order: Echinorhynchida (13 families; many genera; many living species)

–No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Heteramorphida (1 family: Pyrirhynchidae; 1 genus: Pyrirhynchus; 1 living species)

–No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Polymorphida (3 families: Centrorhynchidae, Plagiorhynchidae, Polymorphidae; 23 genera; many living species)

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Statistics

Conservation status Number of taxa (in percentage)
   
Extinct 0
Missing 0
Extinct in the Wild 0
Possibly Extinct in the Wild 0
Globally Rediscovered 0
Rediscovered in the Wild 0
Hypothetical 0
Invalid 0
Erroneously listed 0
Uncertain status 1 (100%)
   
Total 1

 

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