Golvanacanthus

Golvanacanthus is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms) containing a single species, Golvanacanthus blennii, that infests animals.

==Taxonomy== The species was described by Paggi and Orecchia in 1972. Golvanacanthus differs from other genera in the family Rhadinorhynchidae by the presence of cuticular spines that are distributed from the anterior to the posterior end of the body. The National Center for Biotechnology Information does not indicate that any phylogenetic analysis has been published on Golvanacanthus that would confirm its position as a unique order in the family Rhadinorhynchidae.