Isthomosacanthidae

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:[a]

Golvanorhynchus

Main article: Golvanorhynchus

Golvanorhynchus Noronha, Fabio & Pinto, 1978 contains one species.

  • Golvanorhynchus golvani Noronha, Fabio & Magalhaes, 1978

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

Gorgorhynchoides

Main article: Gorgorhynchoides

Gorgorhynchoides Cable and Linderoth, 1963 contains many species.

  • 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)[3]

Found in Australia and has 14 to 16 rows of 3 large, 7 spiniform hooks on their proboscis.[3]

  • 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

Main article: Serrasentis

Serrasentis Van Cleave, 1923 contains many species.

A juvenile male Serrasentis sagittifer with a detail of the proboscis and neck. Bars are 0.4 mm.[4]
  • Serrasentis engraulisi Gupta & Gupta, 1980
  • Serrasentis fotedari Gupta & Fatma, 1980
  • Serrasentis gibsoni[5]
  • 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. ^ a b Smales, L. R. (2022). A review of the Arhythmacanthidae (Acanthocephala) in Australia with the descriptions of a new genus and 6 new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 147(1), 69–101. https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2022.2141867
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Martínez-Aquino, A., García-Teh, J. G., Ceccarelli, F. S., Aguirre-Macedo, M. L., & Vidal-Martínez, V. M. (2023). Integrative taxonomy of Serrasentis gibsoni n. sp.(Acanthocephala: Isthmosacanthidae) from flatfishes in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Helminthology, 97, e96.