Plagiorhynchidae is a family of parasitic Acanthocephalan worms.
Species Genera in Plagiorhynchidae are divided into three subfamilies: Plagiorhynchinae, Porrorchinae, and Sphaerechinorhynchinae. Plagiorhynchinae Meyer, 1931 Paralueheia
ParalueheiaSaxena & Gupta, 2008 contains only one species, Paralueheia guptai Saxena & Gupta, 2008
Plagiorhynchus
Species in Plagiorhynchus Lühe, 1911 are divided into two subgenera: Plagiorhynchus and Prosthorhynchus. Plagiorhynchus allisonae Smales, 2002 Plagiorhynchus aznari P. aznari was found infesting a long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) from northern Mexico. Plagiorhynchus charadrii Yamaguti, 1939) Plagiorhynchus charadriicola Dollfus, 1953) Plagiorhynchus crassicollis Villot, 1875) Plagiorhynchus freitasi Vicente, 1977 Plagiorhynchus karachiensis Muti-ur-Rahman, Khan, Khatoon and Bilqees, 2008 Plagiorhynchus lemnisalis Belopolskaya, 1958 Plagiorhynchus linearis Westrumb, 1821) Plagiorhynchus menurae Johnston, 1912) Plagiorhynchus odhneri Lundström, 1942 Plagiorhynchus paulus Van Cleave and Williams, 1950 Plagiorhynchus pigmentatus de Marval, 1902) Plagiorhynchus ponticus Lisitsyna, 1992 Plagiorhynchus rectus Linton, 1892) Plagiorhynchus rosai Porta, 1910) Plagiorhynchus rostratus de Marval, 1902) Plagiorhynchus totani Porta, 1910) Plagiorhynchus urichi Cameron, 1936)
Prosthorhynchus
Prosthorhynchus Kostylew, 1915 contains many species: Plagiorhynchus angrensis Travassos, 1926) Plagiorhynchus asturi Gupta and Lata, 1967) Plagiorhynchus asymmetricus Belopolskaya, 1983) Plagiorhynchus bullocki Schmidt and Kuntz, 1966 Plagiorhynchus cossyphicola Smales, 2010 Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus Goeze, 1782) P. cylindraceus was found infesting the Austral thrush (Turdus falcklandii) in central Chile. Janice Moore discovered P. cylindraceus to be a parasite that infects an intermediate host, the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare, which alters its behavior and becomes more susceptible to P. cylindraceus''' primary host, the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Plagiorhynchus deysarkari Bhattacharya, 2002 Plagiorhynchus digiticephalus Amin, Ha and Heckmann, 2008 Plagiorhynchus gallinagi Schachtachtinskaja, 1953) Plagiorhynchus genitopapillatus Lundström, 1942) Plagiorhynchus golvani Schmidt and Kuntz, 1966 Plagiorhynchus gracilis Petrochenko, 1958) Plagiorhynchus kuntzi Gupta and Fatma, 1988 Plagiorhynchus limnobaeni Tubangui, 1933) Plagiorhynchus longirostris Travassos, 1926) Plagiorhynchus luehei Travassos, 1916) Plagiorhynchus malayensis Tubangui, 1935) Plagiorhynchus megareceptaclis Amin, Ha and Heckmann, 2008 Plagiorhynchus nicobarensis Soota and Kansal, 1970) Plagiorhynchus ogatai Fukui and Morisita, 1936) Plagiorhynchus pittarum Tubangui, 1935) Plagiorhynchus reticulatus Westrumb, 1821) Plagiorhynchus rheae de Marval, 1902) Plagiorhynchus rossicus Kostylew, 1915) Plagiorhynchus russelli Tadros, 1970 Plagiorhynchus schmidti Golvan, 1994) Plagiorhynchus scolopacidis Kostylew, 1915) Plagiorhynchus transversus Rudolphi, 1819) Plagiorhynchus varispinus Wang, 1966)
Porrorchinae Golvan, 1956 Lueheia Lueheia Travassos, 1919 contains several species:Lueheia adlueheia (Werby, 1938) Lueheia cajabambensis Machado-Filho and Ibanez, 1967Lueheia inscripta (Westrumb, 1821)L. inscripta was found infesting the Austral thrush (Turdus falcklandii) in central Chile. It has also been found in the Puerto Rican lizard Anolis cristatellus.Lueheia karachiensis Khan, Bilqees and Muti-ur-Rahman, 2005 Lueheia lueheia Travassos, 1919
OligoterorhynchusOligoterorhynchus Monticelli, 1914 contains one species: Oligoterorhynchus campylurus (Nitzsch, 1857) Owilfordia Owilfordia Schmidt and Kuntz, 1967 contains three species.Owilfordia olseni Schmidt and Kuntz, 1967Owilfordia schmidti Gupta and Fatma, 1988Owilfordia teliger (Van Cleave, 1949) PorrorchisPorrorchis Fukui, 1929 contains many species.Porrorchis aruensis Smales, 2010Porrorchis bazae (Southwell and Macfie, 1925)Porrorchis brevicanthus (Das, 1949)Porrorchis centropi (Porta, 1910)Porrorchis centropusi (Tubangui, 1933)Porrorchis chauhani Gupta and Fatma, 1986Porrorchis crocidurai Gupta and Fatma, 1986Porrorchis elongatus Fukui, 1929Porrorchis heckmanni Bilqees, Khan, Khatoon and Khatoon, 2007Porrorchis herpistis Bhattacharya, 2007Porrorchis houdemeri (Joyeux and Baer, 1935)Porrorchis hydromuris (Edmonds, 1957)Porrorchis hylae (Johnston, 1914)Porrorchis indicus (Das, 1957)Porrorchis jonesae Muti-ur-Rahman, Khan, Khatoon and Bilqees, 2010Porrorchis keralensis George and Nadakal, 1984Porrorchis kinsellai Lisitsyna, Tkach and Bush, 2012Porrorchis leibyi Schmidt and Kuntz, 1967Porrorchis maxvachoni (Golvan and Brygoo, 1965)Porrorchis nickoli Salgado-Maldonado and Cruz-Reyes, 2002Porrorchis oti Yamaguti, 1939Porrorchis rotundatus (von Linstow, 1897)Porrorchis tyto Amin, Ha and Heckmann, 2008
Pseudogordiorhynchus
Golvan, 1957Pseudogordiorhynchus antonmeyeri Golvan, 1957 Pseudolueheia
Schmidt and Kuntz, 1967Pseudolueheia arunachalensis Bhattacharya, 2007Pseudolueheia boreotis (Van Cleave and Williams, 1951)Pseudolueheia korathai Gupta and Fatma, 1988Pseudolueheia pittae Schmidt and Kuntz, 1967Pseudolueheia tongsoni Salcedo and Celis, 2007 Sphaerechinorhynchinae Golvan, 1956 Sphaerechinorhynchus
Johnston, 1929Sphaerechinorhynchus macropisthospinus Amin, Wongsawad, Marayong, Saehoong, Suwattanacoupt and Say, 1998S. macropisthospinus has been found in the intestine of the tiger (Panthera tigris) and a water monitor (Varanus salvator) in Vietnam.Sphaerechinorhynchus maximesospinus Amin, Ha and Heckmann, 2008Sphaerechinorhynchus ophiograndis Bolette, 1997Sphaerechinorhynchus rotundocapitatus (Johnston, 1912)Sphaerechinorhynchus serpenticola Schmidt and Kuntz, 1966
HostsPlagiorhynchidae'' species parasitize a variety of hosts.
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