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Quadrigyridae (Spiny-headed worm)

Synonyms: Acanthodeltidae; Acanthogyridae; Pallisentidae

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Genus

Acanthodelta (1)
Acanthogyrus (55)
Machadosentis (1)
Palliolisentis (3)
Pallisentis (47)
Pararaosentis (1)
Quadrigyrus (10)
Raosentis (6)
Triaspiron (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