Polymorphida Explained

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:^{[1] [2]}

• Centrorhynchidae Van Cleave, 1916
• Isthomosacanthidae Smales, 2012
• Plagiorhynchidae Meyer, 1931
  • Pyriprobosicidae Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931

Notes and References

1. Web site: ITIS - Report: Polymorphida .
2. Huston, D. C., Cribb, T. H., & Smales, L. R. (2020). Molecular characterisation of acanthocephalans from Australian marine teleosts: proposal of a new family, synonymy of another and transfer of taxa between orders. Systematic Parasitology, 1-23.