Kingdom Animalia Phylum Acanthocephala | Class Archiacanthocephala Rank Genus | |
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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
Has been found infecting Oriolus cristatus in Brazil.
Has been found infecting a Canada warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) in Mountain Lake, Virginia and a Parula warbler (Compsothlysis americana) in Augusta, Georgia.
Has been found infecting the Honey creeper (Hemignathus procerus) in Hawaii.
References
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