Polymorphida: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Acanthocephala
- Class
- Palaeacanthocephala
- Order
- Polymorphida
- Family
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Polymorphida
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Polymorphida
Polymorphida are an order of thorny-headed worms (phylum Acanthocephala). The adults of these parasitic platyzoans feed mainly on fish and aquatic birds.
This order contains 5 families:
- Centrorhynchidae Van Cleave, 1916
- Isthomosacanthidae Smales, 2012
- Plagiorhynchidae Meyer, 1931
- Pyriprobosicidae
- Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931
Polymorphida in languages:
- Japanese
- ポリモルフス目