Heteracanthocephalidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Echinorhynchida
Family: Heteracanthocephalidae
Petrochenko, 1956

Heteracanthocephalidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.

Species

Heteracanthocephalidae contains two subfamilies (Aspersentinae and Heteracanthocephalinae) and the following species:[1][lower-alpha 1]

Aspersentinae Golvan, 1960

Aspersentis Van Cleave, 1929

  • Aspersentis austrinus Van Cleave, 1929
  • Aspersentis dissosthychi (Parukhin, 1989)
  • Aspersentis johni (Bayliss, 1929)

A. johni was found parasitizing Patagonotothen longipes and Champsocephalus esox in the eastern mouth of the Beagle Channel.[2]

  • Aspersentis megarhynchus (von Linstow, 1892)
  • Aspersentis minor Edmonds and Smales, 1992
  • Aspersentis peltorhamphi (Baylis, 1944)
  • Aspersentis zanclorhynchi (Johnston and Best, 1937)

Heteracanthocephalinae Petrochenko, 1956

Bullockrhynchus Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985

  • Bullockrhynchus indicus Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985

Sachalinorhynchus Krotov and Petrochenko, 1956

  • Sachalinorhynchus skrjabini Krotov and Petrochenko, 1956

Notes

  1. ↑ A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the present genus.

References

  1. ↑ "ITIS - Report: Arhythmacanthidae".
  2. ↑ Laskowski, Z., & Zdzitowiecki, K. (2009). Occurrence of acanthocephalans in notothenioid fishes in the Beagle Channel (Magellanic sub-region, sub-Antarctic). Polish Polar Research, 30(2), 179-186. ulr=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zdzislaw_Laskowski/publication/264196052_Occurrence_of_acanthocephalans_in_notothenioid_fishes_in_the_Beagle_Channel_Magellanic_sub-region_sub-Antarctic/links/53d18b180cf2a7fbb2e8782c/Occurrence-of-acanthocephalans-in-notothenioid-fishes-in-the-Beagle-Channel-Magellanic-sub-region-sub-Antarctic.pdf


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