Plagiorhynchus
Sign in to savePlagiorhynchus is a genus of parasitic worms belonging to the family Plagiorhynchidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAcanthocephala
- ClassPalaeacanthocephala
- OrderPolymorphida
- FamilyPlagiorhynchidae
Habitatmarine, freshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- Family
- Plagiorhynchidae
- Collections
- USNM, MSB, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Vietnam, United Kingdom
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Plagiorhynchus is a genus of parasitic worms belonging to the family Plagiorhynchidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plagiorhynchus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.