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Apororhynchus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Acanthocephala

Class
  
Archiacanthocephala

Rank
  
Genus

Apororhynchus httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Order
  
Apororhynchida Thapar, 1927

Family
  
Apororhynchidae Shipley, 1899

Similar
  
Archiacanthocephala, Eoacanthocephala, Illiosentidae, Palaeacanthocephala

Apororhynchida is an order containing one family, Apororhynchidae, and one genus, Apororhynchus, of microscopic parasitic worms that attach themselves to the intestinal wall of terrestrial vertebrates.

Species

  • Apororhynchus aculeatus Meyer, 1931

    • Has been found infecting Oriolus cristatus in Brazil.

  • Apororhynchus amphistomi Byrd and Denton, 1949

    • Has been found infecting a Canada warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) in Mountain Lake, Virginia and a Parula warbler (Compsothlysis americana) in Augusta, Georgia.

  • Apororhynchus bivoluerus Das, 1950
  • Apororhynchus chauhani Sen, 1975
  • Apororhynchus hemignathi Shipley, 1899

    • Has been found infecting the Honey creeper (Hemignathus procerus) in Hawaii.

  • Apororhynchus paulonucleatus Hoklova and Cimbaluk, 1971
  • Apororhynchus silesiacus Okulewicz and Maruszewski, 1980

    • References

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