| Micracanthorhynchina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
| Class: | Palaeacanthocephala |
| Order: | Echinorhynchida |
| Family: | Rhadinorhynchidae |
| Genus: | Micracanthorhynchina Strand, 1936 |
Micracanthorhynchina is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae. [1]
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Species: [1]
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.
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.
Illiosentidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.
Neoechinorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Neoechinorhynchida.
Rhadinorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.
Acanthogyrus is a genus of parasitic worms belonging to the family Quadrigyridae.
Rhadinorhynchus is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae.
Isthomosacanthidae is a family of parasitic spiny-headed worms.
Pseudoacanthocephalus is a genus of parasitic worms belonging to the family Echinorhynchidae.
Molineidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Rhabditida.
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