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Rhadinorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order

Echinorhynchida Echinorhynchida is an Order (biology), order of parasitic worms in the phylum Acanthocephala. It contains 13 known families: *Arhythmacanthidae Yamaguti, 1935 *Cavisomidae Meyer, 1932 *Diplosentidae Tubangui and Masiluñgan, 1937 *Echinorhynchida ...

Species

Rhadinorhynchidae has 4 subfamilies (Golvanacanthinae, Gorgorhynchinae, Rhadinorhynchinae, and Serrasentoidinae) and the following species:

Golvanacanthinae Paggi and Orecchia, 1972

Golvanacanthus

''Golvanacanthus'' Paggi and Orecchia, 1972 contains one species: *''Golvanacanthus blennii'' Paggi and Orecchia, 1972

Gorgorhynchinae Van Cleave & Lincicome, 1940

Australorhynchus Rhadinorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida. Species Rhadinorhynchidae has 4 subfamilies (Golvanacanthinae, Gorgorhynchinae, Rhadinorhynchinae, and Serrasentoidinae) and the following species: Golvanacan ...

'' Lebedev, 1967 *''Australorhynchus tetramorphacanthus'' Lebedev, 1967 '' Cleaveius'' Subrahmanian, 1927 *''Cleaveius circumspinifer'' Subrahmanian, 1927 *''Cleaveius clupei'' (Gupta & Sinha, 1992) *''Cleaveius durdanae'' Kumar, 1992 *''Cleaveius fotedari'' (Gupta & Naqvi, 1980) *''Cleaveius inglisi'' (Gupta & Fatma, 1987) *''Cleaveius leiognathi'' Jain & Gupta, 1979 *''Cleaveius longirostris'' Moravec and Sey, 1989 *''Cleaveius mysti'' (Sahay and Sinha, 1971) *''Cleaveius portblairensis'' Jain & Gupta, 1979 *''Cleaveius prashadi'' (Datta, 1940) *''Cleaveius puriensis'' (Gupta & Sinha, 1992) *''Cleaveius secundus'' (Tripathi, 1959) *''Cleaveius singhai'' (Gupta & Fatma, 1987) *''Cleaveius thapari'' (Gupta & Naqvi, 1980) ''

Edmondsacanthus Rhadinorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida. Species Rhadinorhynchidae has 4 subfamilies (Golvanacanthinae, Gorgorhynchinae, Rhadinorhynchinae, and Serrasentoidinae) and the following species: Golvanacan ...

'' Smales, 2009 *''Edmondsacanthus blairi'' Smales, 2009 '' Gorgorhynchus'' Chandler, 1934 *''Gorgorhynchus celebesensis'' (Yamaguti, 1954) *''Gorgorhynchus clavatus'' Van Cleave, 1940 *''Gorgorhynchus lepidus'' Van Cleave, 1940 *''Gorgorhynchus medius'' (Linton, 1908) Chandler, 1934 *''Gorgorhynchus nemipteri'' Parukhin, 1973 *''Gorgorhynchus occultus'' Smales, Barton, and ChisholmSmales, L.R., Barton, D.P. & Chisholm, L.A. Acanthocephalans from Australian elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes) with a description of a new species in the genus Gorgorhynchus Chandler, 1934 (Rhadinorhynchidae). Syst Parasitol 96, 565–573 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-019-09871-x ''G. occultus'' has been found parasitising the

Cobbler wobbegong The cobbler wobbegong (''Sutorectus tentaculatus'') is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, the only member of the genus ''Sutorectus''. It is found in the subtropical eastern Indian Ocean around Western Australia between latitudes 26° ...

(''Sutorectus tentaculatus'') in

Bunbury, Western Australia Bunbury () is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, approximately south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's third most populous city after Perth and Mandurah, with a population of approximately 75,000. Loca ...

. The proboscis of this worm has 18 to 20 rows of 8 or 9 hooks followed by a well-developed neck. The body contains irregular circles of small spines in a single anterior portion. The male reproductive system limited to the posterior quarter of the trunk. There are three cement glands. *''Gorgorhynchus ophiocephali'' Furtado & Lau, 1971 *''Gorgorhynchus polymixiae'' Kovalenko, 1981 *''Gorgorhynchus robertdollfusi'' Golvan, 1956 *''Gorgorhynchus satoi'' Morisita, 1937 *''Gorgorhynchus tonkinensis'' Amin & Ha, 2011 *''Gorgorhynchus trachinotus'' Noronha, Vicente, Pinto & Fábio, 1986 '' Leptorhynchoides'' Kostylev, 1924 *''Leptorhynchoides acanthidion'' Steinauer & Nickol, 2015 *''Leptorhynchoides aphredoderi'' Buckner & Buckner, 1976 *''Leptorhynchoides apoglyphicus'' Steinauer & Nickol, 2015 *''Leptorhynchoides atlanteus'' Steinauer & Nickol, 2015 *''Leptorhynchoides macrorchis'' Steinauer & Nickol, 2015 *''Leptorhynchoides nebularosis'' Steinauer & Nickol, 2015 *''Leptorhynchoides plagicephalus'' (Westrum, 1821) *''Leptorhynchoides polycristatus'' Amin, Heckmann, Halajian, El-Naggar & Tavakol, 2013 *''Leptorhynchoides seminolus'' Steinauer & Nickol, 2015 *''Leptorhynchoides thecatus'' (Linton, 1891) Kostylev, 1924 '' Metacanthocephaloides'' Yamaguti, 1959 *'' Metacanthocephaloides zebrini'' Yamaguti, 1959 '' Metacanthocephalus'' Yamaguti, 1959 *''

Metacanthocephalus campbelli ''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae. The species of this genus are found in Antarctica. Species: *'' Metacanthocephalus campbelli'' *'' Metacanthocephalus dalmori'' *'' Metacanthocephalus john ...

'' (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) *''

Metacanthocephalus dalmori ''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae. The species of this genus are found in Antarctica. Species: *''Metacanthocephalus campbelli'' *'' Metacanthocephalus dalmori'' *'' Metacanthocephalus johns ...

'' Zdzitowiecki, 1983 *''

Metacanthocephalus johnstoni ''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae. The species of this genus are found in Antarctica. Species: *''Metacanthocephalus campbelli'' *''Metacanthocephalus dalmori'' *'' Metacanthocephalus johnst ...

'' Zdzitowiecki, 1983 *''

Metacanthocephalus ovicephalus ''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae. The species of this genus are found in Antarctica. Species: *''Metacanthocephalus campbelli'' *''Metacanthocephalus dalmori'' *''Metacanthocephalus johnsto ...

'' (Zhukov, 1963) *''

Metacanthocephalus pleuronichthydis ''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae. The species of this genus are found in Antarctica. Species: *''Metacanthocephalus campbelli'' *''Metacanthocephalus dalmori'' *''Metacanthocephalus johnsto ...

'' Yamaguti, 1959 *''

Metacanthocephalus rennicki ''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae. The species of this genus are found in Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely sou ...

Rhadinorhynchinae Lühe, 1912

'' Cathayacanthus'' Golvan, 1969 * ''Cathayacanthus bagarii'' Moravec and Sey, 1989 *''Cathayacanthus exilis'' (Van Cleave, 1928) *''Cathayacanthus spinitruncatus'' Amin, Heckmann & Ha, 2014 '' Megistacantha'' Golvan, 1960 * ''Megistacantha horridum'' (Lühe, 1912) * ''Megistacantha sanghaensis'' Kvach, Jirků & Scholz, 2016 '' Paragorgorhynchus'' Golvan, 1957 * ''Paragorgorhynchus albertianus'' Golvan, 1957 * ''Paragorgorhynchus chariensis'' Troncy, 1970 '' Pseudogorgorhynchus'' Moravec, Wolter & Korting, 2000 *''Pseudogorgorhynchus arii'' Moravec, Wolter & Korting, 2000 '' Raorhynchus'' Tripathi, 1959 *''Raorhynchus cadenati'' Gupta & Sinha, 1992 *''Raorhynchus guptai'' Gupta & Kumar, 1987 *''Raorhynchus inexspectatus'' Golvan, 1969 *''Raorhynchus megalaspisi'' Wang, Wang and Wu, 1993 *''Raorhynchus mayeri'' (Heinz, 1934) *''Raorhynchus polynemi'' Tripathi, 1959 *''Raorhynchus schmidti'' George & Nadakal, 1978 *''Raorhynchus terebra'' Rudolphi, 1819 *''Raorhynchus thapari'' Gupta & Fatma, 1981 ''

Rhadinorhynchus ''Rhadinorhynchus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *'' Rhadinorhynchus africanus'' *'' Rhadinorhynchus atheri'' *'' Rhadinorhynchus bicircumspinus'' *'' Rhadi ...

'' Lühe, 1911 *''Rhadinorhynchus africanus'' (Golvan, Houin and Deltour, 1963) *''Rhadinorhynchus atheri'' (Farooqui, 1981) *''Rhadinorhynchus bicircumspinis'' Hooper, 1983 *''Rhadinorhynchus biformis'' Smales, 2014 *''Rhadinorhynchus cadenati'' (Golvan & Houin, 1964) *''Rhadinorhynchus camerounensis'' Golvan, 1969 *''Rhadinorhynchus capensis'' Bray, 1974 *''Rhadinorhynchus carangis'' Yamaguti, 1939 *''Rhadinorhynchus chongmingnensis'' Huang, Zheng, Deng, Fan and Ni, 1988 *''Rhadinorhynchus cololabis'' Laurs & McCauley, 1964 *''Rhadinorhynchus decapteri'' (Braicovich, Lanfranchi, Farber, Marvaldi, Luque and Timi, 2014)Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Farber, M. D., Marvaldi, A. E., Luque, J. L. & Timi, J. T. (2014). Genetic and morphological evidence reveals the existence of a new family, genus and species of Echinorhynchida (Acanthocephala). ''Folia Parasitologica'', 61(4), 377–384.url=https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/bitstream/handle/11336/32227/CONICET_Digital_Nro.b0fcac17-fd1e-44a2-b39d-2aa43e46a71c_A.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y ''R. decapteri'' is a parasite of the marine fish Round scad (''Decapterus punctatus'') and is found coastal waters of

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. It has 10 longitudinal rows of 22–26 hooks. The species name ''decapteri'' was derived from the genus (''Decapterus'') of the type host. *''Rhadinorhynchus ditrematus'' Yamaguti, 1939 *''Rhadinorhynchus dollfusi'' Gupta & Fatma, 1987 *''Rhadinorhynchus dorsoventrospinosus'' Amin, Heckmann & Há, 2011 *''Rhadinorhynchus dujardini'' Golvan, 1969 *''Rhadinorhynchus echeneisi'' Gupta and Gupta, 1980 *''Rhadinorhynchus erumeii'' (Gupta & Fatma, 1981) *''Rhadinorhynchus ganapatii'' Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985 *''Rhadinorhynchus hiansi'' Soota & Bhattacharya, 1981 *''Rhadinorhynchus japonicus'' Fujita, 1920 *''Rhadinorhynchus johnstoni'' Golvan, 1969 *''Rhadinorhynchus keralensis'' Gupta & Fatma, 1987 *''Rhadinorhynchus laterospinosus'' Amin, Heckmann & Há, 2011 *''Rhadinorhynchus lintoni'' Cable & Linderoth, 1963 *''Rhadinorhynchus oligospinosus'' Amin & Heckmann, 2017 *''Rhadinorhynchus mariserpentis'' (Steinauer, Garcia-Vedrenne, Weinstein & Kuris, 2019) ''R. mariserpentis'' parasitizes the

Oarfish Oarfish are large and extremely long pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the small family (biology), family Regalecidae. Found in areas spanning from Temperate climate, temperate ocean zones to tropical ones, yet rarely seen by humans, the oa ...

, ''

Regalecus russelii ''Regalecus russelii'', or Russell's oarfish, is a species of oarfish in the family Regalecidae. It is a broadly-distributed marine fish, found in waters in the bathypelagic zone. ''R. russelii'' is a scaleless, elongate and ribbonlike fish, grow ...

'' and has been collected near

Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It has an area of and a population of about 88,594 (national census, 2000). Facilities Important facilities include Green Park, Ecotown recycling area, Gakuen Toshi academic area, and Hibiki container ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. *''Rhadinorhynchus ornatus'' Van Cleave, 1918 *''Rhadinorhynchus pelamysi'' Gupta & Gupta, 1980 *''Rhadinorhynchus pichelinae'' Smales, 2014 *''Rhadinorhynchus plagioscionis'' Thatcher, 1980 *''Rhadinorhynchus plotosi'' Parukhin, 1985 *''Rhadinorhynchus polydactyli'' Smales, 2014 *''Rhadinorhynchus polynemi'' Gupta & Lata, 1967 *''Rhadinorhynchus pomatomi'' Smales, 2014 *''Rhadinorhynchus pristis'' (Rudolphi, 1802) *''Rhadinorhynchus saltatrix'' Troncy & Vassiliades, 1973 *''Rhadinorhynchus selkirki'' Van Cleave, 1921 *''Rhadinorhynchus seriolae'' (Yamaguti, 1963) *''Rhadinorhynchus stunkardii'' Gupta & Fatma, 1987 *''Rhadinorhynchus trachuri'' Harada, 1935 ''R. trachuri'' is one of the most widespread acanthocephalans infesting fish from the Eastern Pacific, Western Pacific, and Indian Oceans. On the South pacific coast of

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

, it was found infesting the

Frigate tuna The frigate tuna, frigate mackerel or alagaduwa (''Auxis thazard'') is a species of tuna, in the family Scombridae, found around the world in tropical oceans. The eastern Pacific population is now regarded as a separate species by some authoritie ...

(''Auxis thazard''), and the

Torpedo scad The torpedo scad (''Megalaspis cordyla''), also known as the hardtail scad, finny scad, finletted mackerel scad or cordyla scad, is a species of moderately large ocean, marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel Family (biology), famil ...

(''Megalaspis cordyla'').Amin, O.M. Redescription of Rhadinorhynchus trachuri Harada, 1935 (Acanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae) from Marine Fish in Vietnam and California with a Discussion of its Zoogeography. Acta Parasit. (2019). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-019-00130-z *''Rhadinorhynchus trivandricus'' George & Nadkal, 1978 *''Rhadinorhynchus vancleavei'' Golvan, 1969 *''Rhadinorhynchus zhukovi'' Golvan, 1969 '' Slendrorhynchus'' Amin & Sey, 1996 *''Slendrorhynchus breviclaviproboscis'' Amin & Sey, 1996

Serrasentoidinae Parukhin, 1982

'' Serrasentoides'' Parukhin, 1971 *''Serrasentoides fistulariae'' Parukhin, 1971

Hosts

''Rhadinorhynchidae'' species parasitize fish hosts. File:Decapterus punctatus Gulf of Mexico.jpg, The Round scad is a host of ''Rhadinorhynchus decapteri'' File:Regalecus russelii Academia Sinica.jpg, The oarfish ''

'' is a host of ''Rhadinorhynchus mariserpentis''

Notes

References

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