Oligacanthorhynchidae
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Oligacanthorhynchida is an order containing a single parasitic worm family, Oligacanthorhynchidae, that attach themselves to the intestinal wall of terrestrial vertebrates.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAcanthocephala
- ClassArchiacanthocephala
- OrderOligacanthorhynchida
- FamilyOligacanthorhynchidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,761
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Oligacanthorhynchidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Brazil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Oligacanthorhynchida
- Image
- Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus adult BAM1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Oligacanthorhynchidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Oligacanthorhynchidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Oligacanthorhynchidae
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy and description
- Genera
- Cucullanorhynchus
- Heptamegacanthus
- Macracanthorhynchus
- Multisentis
- Neoncicola
- Nephridiacanthus
- Oligacanthorhynchus
- Oncicola
- Pachysentis
- Paraprosthenorchis
- Prosthenorchis
- Tchadorhynchus
- Hosts
- Notes
- References
Oligacanthorhynchida is an order containing a single parasitic worm family, Oligacanthorhynchidae, that attach themselves to the intestinal wall of terrestrial vertebrates.
==Taxonomy and description==
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