Promoniliformis
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Promoniliformis is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms) containing a single species, Promoniliformis ovocristatus, that infests tenrecs in Madagascar. The genus Promoniliformis Dollfus and Golvan, 1963[1] is characterized by possessing two distinct kinds of proboscis hooks.[2] There is only one species in this genus.
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Promoniliformis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
Class: | Archiacanthocephala |
Order: | Moniliformida |
Family: | Moniliformidae |
Genus: | Promoniliformis Dollfus and Golvan, 1963[1] |
Species: | P. ovocristatus |
Binomial name | |
Promoniliformis ovocristatus (Linstow, 1897) | |
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