Moniliformida
| Moniliformida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| (unranked): | Bilateria |
| Superphylum: | Platyzoa |
| Phylum: | Acanthocephala Kohlreuther, 1771 |
| Class: | Archiacanthocephala |
| Order: | Moniliformida |
| Family: | Moniliformidae |
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Moniliformida is an order containing a single family, Moniliformidae, of microscopic parasitic worms that attach themselves to the intestinal wall of terrestrial vertebrates
References
- Schmidt, G.D.; Edmonds, S.J. 1989: Australiformis semoni (Linstow, 1898) n. gen., n. comb. (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) from marsupials of Australia and New Guinea. Journal of parasitology, 75(2): 215-217. ISSN 0022-3395 JSTOR
- Singleton, J.; Richardson, D.J.; Lockhart, J.M. 1993: Severe moniliformiasis (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) in a gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, from Arkansas, USA. Journal of wildlife diseases, 29(1): 165-168. abstract and pdf
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