Gigantorhynchidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Acanthocephala
- Class
- Archiacanthocephala
- Order
- Gigantorhynchida
- Family
- Gigantorhynchidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Gigantorhynchidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Giganthorhynchidae
Gigantorhynchida is an order containing a single family, Gigantorhynchidae of Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms, also known as spiny-headed worms) that parasitize vertebrates by attaching themselves to the intestinal wall of their host. There are over 60 species classified into three genera in Gigantorhynchida Gigantorhynchus, Intraproboscis, and Mediorhynchus.
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