Transvenidae is a family of parasitic spiny-headed (or thorny-headed) worms in the order Echinorhynchida. This family contains three species divided into two genera.
Taxonomy and description Phylogenetic analysis has been conducted.
Species There are three genera and six species in the family Transvenidae: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.
Paratrajectura Paratrajectura Amin, Heckmann et Ali, 2018 contains one species: Paratrajectura longcementglandatus Amin, Heckmann et Ali, 2018
Sclerocollum
Sclerocollum Schmidt and Paperna, 1978 contains three species: Sclerocollum robustum (Edmonds, 1964) Sclerocollum rubrimaris Schmidt and Paperna, 1978 Sclerocollum saudii Al-Jahdali, 2010
Trajectura
Trajectura Pichelin & Cribb, 2001 contains two species: Trajectura is distinguished by the possession of only two cement glands and an anterior conical projection (function unknown) on the females.
Trajectura ikedai (Machida, 1992)MACHIDA, M. (1992). A new species of the genus Diplosentis (Acanthocephala, Diplosentidae) from a wrasse of southern Japan. Jpn. J. Parasitol, 41(1), 37-39.
Diplosentis ikedai was found to share similar anatomical features (only two cement glands and an anterior conical projection on females) was renamed T. ikedai.
Trajectura perinsolens Pichelin and Cribb, 2001
T. perinsolens Was found parasitising the New Guinea wrasse Anampses neoguinaicus from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Transvena
Transvena Pichelin & Cribb, 2001 contains one species:
Transvena annulospinosa Pichelin and Cribb, 2001
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