Giganthorhynchidae

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

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]

Gigantorhynchus Hamann, 1892
Mediorhynchus Van Cleave, 1916

Taxonomy

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

^ Encyclopedia of Life www.eol.org
^ https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=64352
^ 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.
^ 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.

[1] Encyclopedia of Life www.eol.org

[2] ttps://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=64352

[Gomes_2019-3] 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.

[Amin2020-4] 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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