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Echinorhynchida (Spiny-headed worms)

Wikipedia Abstract

Echinorhynchida are an order of parasitic worms from the phylum Acanthocephala.
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Family

Arhythmacanthidae (55)
Cavisomidae (31)
Diplosentidae (Spiny-headed worm) (11)
Echinorhynchidae (Spiny-headed worm) (181)
Fessisentidae (Spiny-headed worm) (6)
Gymnorhadinorhynchidae (1)
Heteracanthocephalidae (Spiny-headed worm) (9)
Illiosentidae (Spiny-headed worm) (57)
Isthmosacanthidae (1)
Pomphorhynchidae (Spiny-headed worm) (60)
Rhadinorhynchidae (Spiny-headed worm) (170)
Sauracanthorhynchidae (1)
Spinulacorpidae (1)
Transvenidae (5)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0