Isthomosacanthidae
Family of thorny-headed worms
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Isthomosacanthidae is a family of parasitic spiny-headed (or thorny-headed) worms.[1]
Phylum:Acanthocephala
Class:Palaeacanthocephala
Order:Polymorphida
Family:Isthomosacanthidae
Smales, 2012
Smales, 2012
| Isthomosacanthidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
| Class: | Palaeacanthocephala |
| Order: | Polymorphida |
| Family: | Isthomosacanthidae Smales, 2012 |
Species
Isthomosacanthidae contains the following genera and species:[a]
Golvanorhynchus
Golvanorhynchus Noronha, Fabio & Pinto, 1978 contains one species.
- Golvanorhynchus golvani Noronha, Fabio & Magalhaes, 1978
G. golvani was found parasitizing the Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias).[2]
Gorgorhynchoides
Gorgorhynchoides Cable and Linderoth, 1963 contains many species.
- Gorgorhynchoides bullocki Cable and Mafarachisi, 1970
- Gorgorhynchoides cablei (Gupta and Fatma, 1987)
- Gorgorhynchoides cribbi Smales, 2014
- Gorgorhynchoides elongatus Cable and Linderoth, 1963
- Gorgorhynchoides epinepheli Wang, 1986
- Gorgorhynchoides gnathanodontos Smales, 2014
- Gorgorhynchoides golvani (Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao and Shyamasundari, 1984)[3]
Found in Australia and has 14 to 16 rows of 3 large, 7 spiniform hooks on their proboscis.[3]
- Gorgorhynchoides indicus Bhattacharya and Banerjee, 2003
- Gorgorhynchoides lintoni Cable and Mafarachisi, 1970
- Gorgorhynchoides orientalis (Wang, 1966)
- Gorgorhynchoides queenslandensis Smales, 2014
- Gorgorhynchoides valiyathurae (Nadakal, John and Jacob, 1990)
Serrasentis
Serrasentis Van Cleave, 1923 contains many species.
- Serrasentis engraulisi Gupta & Gupta, 1980
- Serrasentis fotedari Gupta & Fatma, 1980
- Serrasentis gibsoni[5]
- Serrasentis golvani Gupta & Kumar, 1987
- Serrasentis lamelliger (Diesing, 1854)
- Serrasentis manazo Bilqees & Khan, 2005
- Serrasentis mujibi Bilqees, 1972
- Serrasentis nadakali George & Nadakal, 1978
- Serrasentis niger Kahatoon and Bilqees, 2007
- Serrasentis psenesi Gupta & Gupta, 1980
- Serrasentis sagittifer (Linton, 1889)
- Serrasentis sauridae Surekha and Vijayalakshmi, 2006
- Serrasentis sciaenus Bilqees, 1972
- Serrasentis sidaroszakaio Tadros, Iskandar & Wassef, 1979
Hosts
Isthomosacanthidae species parasitize fish hosts.
- Hosts for Diplosentidae species
Golvanorhynchus golvani was found parasitizing the Atlantic chub mackerel.
Notes
- A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the present genus.