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Mediorhynchus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Archiacanthocephala

Family
  
Gigantorhynchidae

Phylum
  
Acanthocephala

Order
  
Gigantorhynchida

Genus
  
Mediorhynchus Van Cleave, 1916

Mediorhynchus is a genus of parasitic worm, from the family Gigantorhynchida. At least 4 species of Mediorhynchus are found in Australian birds including Mediorhynchus alecturae, Mediorhynchus corcoracis, Mediorhynchus colluricinclae, and Mediorhynchus grandis (reported). Contains the following species:

  • Mediorhynchus alecturae (Johnston and Edmonds, 1947)
  • Mediorhynchus cambellensis Soota, Srivastava, Glosh, 1969
  • Mediorhynchus centurorum Nickol, 1969
  • Mediorhynchus colluricinclae
  • Mediorhynchus conirostris Ward, 1966
  • Mediorhynchus corcoracis Johnston and Edmonds, 1950
  • Mediorhynchus edmondsi Schmidt and Kuntz, 1977
  • Mediorhynchus emberizae (Rudolphi, 1819)
  • Mediorhynchus empodius (Skrjabin, 1913)
  • Mediorhynchus gallinarum (Bhalerao, 1937)
  • Mediorhynchus giganteus Meyer, 1931
  • Mediorhynchus grandis Van Cleve, 1916
  • Mediorhynchus indicus George, et al., 1981
  • Mediorhynchus edmondsi
  • Mediorhynchus kuntzi Ward, 1960
  • Mediorhynchus lagodekhiensis Kuraschvili, 1955
  • Mediorhynchus leptis Ward, 1966
  • Mediorhynchus lophurae Wang, 1966
  • Mediorhynchus mattei Marchand and Vassiliades, 1982
  • Mediorhynchus meiringi Bisseru, 1960
  • Mediorhynchus micranthus (Rudolphi, 1819)
  • Mediorhynchus mirabilis (Marval, 1905)
  • Mediorhynchus muritensis Lundstrom, 1942
  • Mediorhynchus najasthanensis Gupta, 1976
  • Mediorhynchus numidae (Baer, 1925)
  • Mediorhynchus orientalis Belopolskaya, 1953
  • Mediorhynchus oswaldocruzi Travassos, 1923
  • Mediorhynchus otidis (Miescher, 1841)
  • Mediorhynchus papillosus Van Cleve, 1916
  • Mediorhynchus passeris Das, 1951
  • Mediorhynchus pauciuncinatus Dollfus, 1959
  • Mediorhynchus petrochenkoi Gvosdev and Soboleva, 1966
  • Mediorhynchus pintoi Travassos, 1923
  • Mediorhynchus rajasthanensis Gupta, 1976
  • Mediorhynchus robustus Van Cleve, 1916
  • Mediorhynchus rodensis Cosin, 1971
  • Mediorhynchus sharmai Gupta and Lata, 1967
  • Mediorhynchus sipocotensis Tubangui, 1935
  • Mediorhynchus taeniatus (Linstow, 1901)
  • Mediorhynchus tanagrae (Rudolphi, 1819)
  • Mediorhynchus tenuis Meyer, 1931
  • Mediorhynchus textori Barus, et al., 1978
  • Mediorhynchus turnixena (Tubangui, 1931)
  • Mediorhynchus vaginatus (Diesing, 1851)
  • Mediorhynchus vancleavei (Lundstrom, 1942)
  • Mediorhynchus wardi Schmidt and Canaris, 1967
  • Mediorhynchus zosteropis (Porta, 1913)
  • References

    Mediorhynchus Wikipedia