Apororhynchida

Apororhynchida
Apororhynchus hemignathi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Archiacanthocephala
Meyer, 1931
Order: Apororhynchida
Family: Apororhynchidae
Shipley, 1899
Genus: Apororhynchus
Shipley, 1899
Species

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Apororhynchida is an order containing one family, Apororhynchidae,[1] and one genus, Apororhynchus,[1] of microscopic parasitic worms that attach themselves to the intestinal wall of terrestrial vertebrates.

Species

Has been found infecting Oriolis cristatus in Brazil.[3]

Has been found infecting the Canada warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) in Virginia and the Parula warbler (Compsothlysis americana) in Georgia.[3]

Has been found infecting the Honey creeper (Hemignathus procerus) in Hawaii.[3]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Crompton 1985, p. 31
  2. Meyer 1931, p. 65-68
  3. 1 2 3 4 Byrd, Helminth Parasites, p. 391-410
  4. Byrd, Observations, p. 174
  5. Das 1950, p. 43-50
  6. 1 2 Dunagan, Acanthocephalan bibliography, p. 249
  7. Sen 1975, p. 211-213
  8. Shipley 1899, p. 361
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