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Pyrirhynchus

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(Redirected from Heteramorphida) Genus of thorny-headed worms

Pyrirhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Heteramorphida
Amin and Ha, 2008
Family: Pyrirhynchidae
Amin and Ha, 2008
Genus: Pyrirhynchus
Amin and Ha, 2008
Species: P. heterospinus
Binomial name
Pyrirhynchus heterospinus
Amin and Ha, 2008

Pyrirhynchus is a genus of thorny-headed worms. It is the only genus in the order Heteramorphida and family Pyrirhynchidae. It contains a single species Pyrirhynchus heterospinus. It was found in the common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam. The proboscis contains 17 to 20 rows of 17 to 19 hooks each, with anterior 9-11 hooks rooted and posterior 6-10 spines without roots.

References

  1. Amin, O. M., & Van Ha, N. (2008). On a new acanthocephalan family and a new order, from birds in Vietnam. Journal of Parasitology, 94(6), 1305-1311.
Taxon identifiers
Pyrirhynchus
Pyrirhynchidae
Heteramorphida


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