Isthomosacanthidae

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Isthomosacanthidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Polymorphida
Family: Isthomosacanthidae
Smales, 2012

Isthomosacanthidae is a family of parasitic spiny-headed (or thorny-headed) worms.[1]

Species[edit]

Isthomosacanthidae contains the following genera and species:[a]

Golvanorhynchus Noronha, Fabio & Pinto, 1978

  • Golvanorhynchus golvani Noronha, Fabio & Magalhaes, 1978

G. golvani was found parasitizing the Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias).[2]

Gorgorhynchoides Cable and Linderoth, 1963

  • Gorgorhynchoides bullocki Cable and Mafarachisi, 1970
  • Gorgorhynchoides cablei (Gupta and Fatma, 1987)
  • Gorgorhynchoides cribbi Smales, 2014
  • Gorgorhynchoides elongatus Cable and Linderoth, 1963
  • Gorgorhynchoides epinepheli Wang, 1986
  • Gorgorhynchoides gnathanodontos Smales, 2014
  • Gorgorhynchoides golvani (Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao and Shyamasundari, 1984)
  • Gorgorhynchoides indicus Bhattacharya and Banerjee, 2003
  • Gorgorhynchoides lintoni Cable and Mafarachisi, 1970
  • Gorgorhynchoides orientalis (Wang, 1966)
  • Gorgorhynchoides queenslandensis Smales, 2014
  • Gorgorhynchoides valiyathurae (Nadakal, John and Jacob, 1990)

Serrasentis Van Cleave, 1923

A juvenile male Serrasentis sagittifer with a detail of the proboscis and neck. Bars are 0.4 mm.[3]
  • Serrasentis engraulisi Gupta & Gupta, 1980
  • Serrasentis fotedari Gupta & Fatma, 1980
  • Serrasentis golvani Gupta & Kumar, 1987
  • Serrasentis lamelliger (Diesing, 1854)
  • Serrasentis manazo Bilqees & Khan, 2005
  • Serrasentis mujibi Bilqees, 1972
  • Serrasentis nadakali George & Nadakal, 1978
  • Serrasentis niger Kahatoon and Bilqees, 2007
  • Serrasentis psenesi Gupta & Gupta, 1980
  • Serrasentis sagittifer (Linton, 1889)
  • Serrasentis sauridae Surekha and Vijayalakshmi, 2006
  • Serrasentis sciaenus Bilqees, 1972
  • Serrasentis sidaroszakaio Tadros, Iskandar & Wassef, 1979

Hosts[edit]

Isthomosacanthidae species parasitize fish hosts.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the present genus.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Pichelin, S. & Cribb, T. (2001). The status of the Diplosentidae (Acanthocephala: Palaeacanthocephala) and a new family of acanthocephalans from Australian wrasses (Pisces: Labridae). Folia Parasitologica, 48(4), 289–303.
  3. ^ Fonseca, Michelle Cristie Gonçalves da, Knoff, Marcelo, Felizardo, Nilza Nunes, Torres, Eduardo José Lopes, Di Azevedo, Maria Isabel Nogueira, Gomes, Delir Corrêa, Clemente, Sérgio Carmona de São, & Iñiguez, Alena Mayo. (2019). Acanthocephalan parasites of the flounder species Paralichthys isosceles, Paralichthys patagonicus and Xystreurys rasile from Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 28(3), 346-359. Epub June 13, 2019.https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1984-29612019031