Isthomosacanthidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Polymorphida
Family: Isthomosacanthidae
Smales, 2012

Isthomosacanthidae is a family of parasitic spiny-headed (or thorny-headed) worms.[1]

Species

Isthomosacanthidae contains the following genera and species:[lower-alpha 1]

Golvanorhynchus Noronha, Fabio & Pinto, 1978

  • Golvanorhynchus golvani Noronha, Fabio & Magalhaes, 1978

G. golvani was found parasitizing the Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias).[2]

Gorgorhynchoides Cable and Linderoth, 1963

  • Gorgorhynchoides bullocki Cable and Mafarachisi, 1970
  • Gorgorhynchoides cablei (Gupta and Fatma, 1987)
  • Gorgorhynchoides cribbi Smales, 2014
  • Gorgorhynchoides elongatus Cable and Linderoth, 1963
  • Gorgorhynchoides epinepheli Wang, 1986
  • Gorgorhynchoides gnathanodontos Smales, 2014
  • Gorgorhynchoides golvani (Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao and Shyamasundari, 1984)
  • Gorgorhynchoides indicus Bhattacharya and Banerjee, 2003
  • Gorgorhynchoides lintoni Cable and Mafarachisi, 1970
  • Gorgorhynchoides orientalis (Wang, 1966)
  • Gorgorhynchoides queenslandensis Smales, 2014
  • Gorgorhynchoides valiyathurae (Nadakal, John and Jacob, 1990)

Serrasentis Van Cleave, 1923

A juvenile male Serrasentis sagittifer with a detail of the proboscis and neck. Bars are 0.4 mm.[3]
  • Serrasentis engraulisi Gupta & Gupta, 1980
  • Serrasentis fotedari Gupta & Fatma, 1980
  • Serrasentis golvani Gupta & Kumar, 1987
  • Serrasentis lamelliger (Diesing, 1854)
  • Serrasentis manazo Bilqees & Khan, 2005
  • Serrasentis mujibi Bilqees, 1972
  • Serrasentis nadakali George & Nadakal, 1978
  • Serrasentis niger Kahatoon and Bilqees, 2007
  • Serrasentis psenesi Gupta & Gupta, 1980
  • Serrasentis sagittifer (Linton, 1889)
  • Serrasentis sauridae Surekha and Vijayalakshmi, 2006
  • Serrasentis sciaenus Bilqees, 1972
  • Serrasentis sidaroszakaio Tadros, Iskandar & Wassef, 1979

Hosts

Isthomosacanthidae species parasitize fish hosts.

Notes

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

References

  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.
  2. Pichelin, S. & Cribb, T. (2001). The status of the Diplosentidae (Acanthocephala: Palaeacanthocephala) and a new family of acanthocephalans from Australian wrasses (Pisces: Labridae). Folia Parasitologica, 48(4), 289–303.
  3. Fonseca, Michelle Cristie Gonçalves da, Knoff, Marcelo, Felizardo, Nilza Nunes, Torres, Eduardo José Lopes, Di Azevedo, Maria Isabel Nogueira, Gomes, Delir Corrêa, Clemente, Sérgio Carmona de São, & Iñiguez, Alena Mayo. (2019). Acanthocephalan parasites of the flounder species Paralichthys isosceles, Paralichthys patagonicus and Xystreurys rasile from Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 28(3), 346-359. Epub June 13, 2019.https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1984-29612019031
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