Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Giganthorhynchidae Rank Family | Class Archiacanthocephala Phylum Acanthocephala | |
Order Gigantorhynchida
Southwell and Macfie, 1925 Similar Archiacanthocephala, Eoacanthocephala, Apororhynchus, Palaeacanthocephala, Echinorhynchidae |
Gigantorhynchida is an order containing a single family, Gigantorhynchidae of microscopic parasitic worms that attach themselves to the intestinal wall of terrestrial vertebrates.
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Gigantorhynchus
Contains the following species:
Mediorhynchus
Contains the following species:
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