Echinorhynchida Explained

Echinorhynchida is an order of parasitic worms in the phylum Acanthocephala. It contains the following families:^[1]

• Arhythmacanthidae Yamaguti, 1935
• Cavisomidae Meyer, 1932
• Diplosentidae Tubangui and Masiluñgan, 1937
• Echinorhynchidae Cobbold, 1876
• Fessisentidae Van Cleave, 1931
• Gymnorhadinorhynchidae Braicovich, Lanfranchi, Farber, Marvaldi, Luque and Timi, 2014
• Heteracanthocephalidae Petrochenko, 1956
• Illiosentidae Golvan, 1960
• Isthmosacanthidae Smales, 2012
• Pomphorhynchidae Yamaguti, 1939
• Rhadinorhynchidae Lühe, 1912
• Sauracanthorhynchidae Bursey, Goldberg and Kraus, 2007
• Transvenidae Pichelin and Cribb, 2001

Notes and References

1. Web site: ITIS - Report: Echinorhynchida.