| Leptorhynchoididae | |
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| Telosentis exiguus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
| Class: | Palaeacanthocephala |
| Order: | Echinorhynchida |
| Family: | Leptorhynchoididae Witenberg, 1932 |
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Leptorhynchoididae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida. [1]
Leptorhynchoididae contains the following species: [2] [a]
BrentisentisLeotta, Schmidt & Kuntz, 1982 contains three species:
The species name chongqingensis was named after the location where the samples were collected: Chongqing, China. [3]
B. uncinus was found infesting the small intestines of the Tank goby (Glossogobius giuris) and Eleotris pisonis near the mouth of Keelung River, Taiwan. [4]
DentitruncusSinzar, 1955 contains one species:
Golvan, 1969
Gupta & Jain, 1980
Golvan, 1969
Monks & Ponce de Leon, 1996
Yamaguti, 1959
M. laterolabracis is the type species. [6]
Moravec & Sey, 1989
Achmerow & Dombrowskaja-Achmerova, 1941
P. cinereus was found infesting Stromateus cinereus in Pakistan. [8]
P. mujibi was found infesting Stromateus sinensis in Pakistan. [8]
Van Cleve, 1921
TelosentisVan Cleve, 1923 is a genus of acanthocephalans. The representatives of the genus are distributed in tropical waters of Indian Ocean, Pacific coast of Australia and Mediterranean. Consists of five species: [9]
T. exiguus is a widespread intestinal parasitic worm. Its hosts are marine and brackish water fish of the Mediterranean basin. This species is found in the Mediterranean Sea [10] (near the coasts of France and Italy), in the Adriatic Sea (Italy, Montenegro), the Sea of Marmara, [11] the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov (near the coasts of Ukraine). T. exiguus is able to thrive in a variety hosts. It has been found as an intestinal parasite in anchovies, sand-smelts, shads, garfishes, eels, sticklebacks, pipe-fishes, grass gobies, some other gobies, blennies, and wrasses.
T. exiguus' tegument is covered with spines in anterior and posterior parts. Its cerebral ganglion located in central part of the proboscis sac, sometime moved to anterior region. Its proboscis is cylindrical or club-shaped, armed with 12 longitudinal rows of hooks of same type; the smaller hooks are in the posterior region of proboscis, larger is in its central part. The roots of the hooks have long forward-facing appendixes. [9]
In the Black Sea the intermediate hosts of this acanthocephalan is the amphipod Apherusa bispinosa , [12] in the coelom of which the cystacanthes are located. Fish are infested by feeding on amphipods infected with larvae.
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Quadrigyridae is the only family within Gyracanthocephala, an order of parasitic worms of class Eoacanthocephala. This family contains two subfamilies, ten genera and about 92 species.
Acanthocephalus is a genus of parasitic worms. One of the species in this genus is Acanthocephalus anguillae, a fish parasite. Acanthocephalans are also found in humans and primates, causing a common zoonotic infection called "human acanthocephaliasis". While pathogens can be transferred among animals and humans, the main source of human acanthocephaliasis is the diet of infected raw fish and insects. Because they are lacking circulatory, respiratory, and digestive systems, Acanthocephalus are exceptionally well-adapted to a symbiotrophic existence.
The thorny-headed worm family Polymorphidae contains endoparasites which as adults feed mainly in fish and aquatic birds. When this taxon was erected by Meyer in 1931, a subfamily Polymorphinae was established in it. As the Polymorphidae as presently understood would then be monotypic, with no basal genera outside the Polymorphinae, the proposed subfamily is redundant for the time being and therefore most modern treatments simply omit it. Polymorphus minutus is an economically significant parasite in goose and duck farming.
Centrorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms. Three species of these thorny-headed worms in the genus Centrorhynchus were found to parasitize birds of prey and owls Slovakia. These hosts include Buteo buteo, Buteo rufinus, Falco tinnunculus, Asio otus, Strix aluco, Strix uralensis and Tyto alba.
Arhythmacanthidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.
Cavisomidae are a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.
Diplosentidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.
Pomphorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.
Rhadinorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.
Plagiorhynchidae is a family of parasitic Acanthocephalan worms.
Telosentis exiguus is a widespread intestinal parasitic worm. Its hosts are marine and brackish water fish of the Mediterranean basin.
Telosentis is a genus of acanthocephalans. The representatives of the genus are distributed in tropical waters of Indian Ocean, Pacific coast of Australia and Mediterranean. Consists of four species:
Euzetacanthus is a genus in Acanthocephala.
Rhadinorhynchus is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae.
Cathayacanthus is a genus in Acanthocephala.
Isthomosacanthidae is a family of parasitic spiny-headed worms.
Neorhadinorhynchus is a genus in Acanthocephala.
Brentisentis is a genus in Acanthocephala.
Koronacantha is a genus in Acanthocephala.
Owilfordia is a genus of Acanthocephala belonging to the family Plagiorhynchidae.