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Echinorhynchida (Spiny-headed worms) with Relationships

Wikipedia Abstract

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

Arhythmacanthidae (33)
Cavisomidae (22)
Diplosentidae (Spiny-headed worm) (8)
Echinorhynchidae (Spiny-headed worm) (74)
Fessisentidae (Spiny-headed worm) (6)
Heteracanthocephalidae (Spiny-headed worm) (7)
Illiosentidae (Spiny-headed worm) (46)
Pomphorhynchidae (Spiny-headed worm) (26)
Rhadinorhynchidae (Spiny-headed worm) (95)
Transvenidae (2)

(...) = Species count

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