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Pyriproboscis

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Pyriproboscis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Polymorphida
Family: Pyriprobosicidae
Genus: Pyriproboscis
Amin, Abdullah & Mhaisen, 2003

Pyriproboscis is a genus of small parasitic spiny-headed (or thorny-headed) worms. It is the only genus in the family Pyriprobosicidae.[1]

Species

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There is one genus and one species in the family Pyriprobosicidae.[a]

Pyriproboscis Amin, Abdullah & Mhaisen, 2003

  • Pyriproboscis heronensis (Pichelin, 1997)

Notes

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  1. ^ A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pyriproboscis.

References

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  1. ^ Huston, D. C., Cribb, T. H., & Smales, L. R. (2020). Molecular characterisation of acanthocephalans from Australian marine teleosts: proposal of a new family, synonymy of another and transfer of taxa between orders. Systematic Parasitology, 1-23.