Heteracanthocephalidae Explained

Heteracanthocephalidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.

Species

Heteracanthocephalidae contains two subfamilies (Aspersentinae and Heteracanthocephalinae) and the following species:^[1]

Aspersentinae Golvan, 1960

Aspersentis Van Cleave, 1929

• Aspersentis austrinus Van Cleave, 1929
• Aspersentis dissosthychi (Parukhin, 1989)
• Aspersentis johni (Bayliss, 1929)

A. johni was found parasitizing Patagonotothen longipes and Champsocephalus esox in the eastern mouth of the Beagle Channel.^[2]

• Aspersentis megarhynchus (von Linstow, 1892)
• Aspersentis minor Edmonds and Smales, 1992
• Aspersentis peltorhamphi (Baylis, 1944)
• Aspersentis zanclorhynchi (Johnston and Best, 1937)

Heteracanthocephalinae Petrochenko, 1956

Bullockrhynchus Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985

• Bullockrhynchus indicus Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985

Sachalinorhynchus Krotov and Petrochenko, 1956

• Sachalinorhynchus skrjabini Krotov and Petrochenko, 1956

References

• Heteracanthocephalidae Petrochenko, 1956 at the World Register of Marine Species web-site

Notes and References

1. Web site: ITIS - Report: Arhythmacanthidae.
2. Laskowski, Z., & Zdzitowiecki, K. (2009). Occurrence of acanthocephalans in notothenioid fishes in the Beagle Channel (Magellanic sub-region, sub-Antarctic). Polish Polar Research, 30(2), 179-186. ulr=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zdzislaw_Laskowski/publication/264196052_Occurrence_of_acanthocephalans_in_notothenioid_fishes_in_the_Beagle_Channel_Magellanic_sub-region_sub-Antarctic/links/53d18b180cf2a7fbb2e8782c/Occurrence-of-acanthocephalans-in-notothenioid-fishes-in-the-Beagle-Channel-Magellanic-sub-region-sub-Antarctic.pdf