Metacanthocephalus Rennicki
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''Metacanthocephalus'' is a genus of
worm Worms are many different distantly related bilateria, bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limb (anatomy), limbs, and usually no eyes. Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine ...
s belonging to the family
Rhadinorhynchidae 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 ...
. The species of this genus are found in
Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...
. Species: *'' Metacanthocephalus campbelli'' *'' Metacanthocephalus dalmori'' *'' Metacanthocephalus johnstoni'' *'' Metacanthocephalus ovicephalus'' *'' Metacanthocephalus pleuronichthydis'' *'' Metacanthocephalus rennicki''


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Rhadinorhynchidae Acanthocephala genera {{Acanthocephalan-stub