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Oligacanthorhynchidae (Spiny-headed worm)

Synonyms: Oliganthorhynchidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Oligacanthorhynchida is an order containing a single family, Oligacanthorhynchidae, of parasitic worms that attach themselves to the intestinal wall of terrestrial vertebrates
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Genus

Cucullanorhynchus (1)
Heptamegacanthus (1)
Macracanthorhynchus (4)
Multisentis (1)
Neoncicola (9)
Nephridiacanthus (8)
Oligacanthorhynchus (32)
Oncicola (25)
Pachysentis (10)
Paraprosthenorchis (1)
Prosthenorchis (6)
Tchadorhynchus (1)

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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