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Giganthorhynchidae
Order of thorny-headed worms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gigantorhynchida is an order containing a single family, Gigantorhynchidae[1] of Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms, also known as spiny-headed worms) that parasitize vertebrates by attaching themselves to the intestinal wall of their host. There are over 60 species classified into three genera in Gigantorhynchida Gigantorhynchus, Intraproboscis, and Mediorhynchus.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
Class: | Archiacanthocephala |
Order: | Gigantorhynchida Southwell and Macfie, 1925 |
Family: | Giganthorhynchidae Hamann, 1892 |
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