Pyrirhynchus
Appearance
Pyrirhynchus | |
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Scientific 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
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Binomial name | |
Pyrirhynchus heterospinus Amin and Ha, 2008
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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.[1] 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
[edit]- ^ 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.