Plagiorhynchidae


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, 2002Plagiorhynchus aznari
P. aznari was found infesting a long-billed curlew from northern Mexico.Plagiorhynchus charadrii Yamaguti, 1939)Plagiorhynchus charadriicola Dollfus, 1953)Plagiorhynchus crassicollis Villot, 1875)Plagiorhynchus freitasi Vicente, 1977Plagiorhynchus karachiensis Muti-ur-Rahman, Khan, Khatoon and Bilqees, 2008Plagiorhynchus lemnisalis Belopolskaya, 1958Plagiorhynchus linearis Westrumb, 1821)Plagiorhynchus menurae Johnston, 1912)Plagiorhynchus odhneri Lundström, 1942Plagiorhynchus paulus Van Cleave and Williams, 1950Plagiorhynchus pigmentatus de Marval, 1902)Plagiorhynchus ponticus Lisitsyna, 1992Plagiorhynchus 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, 1966Plagiorhynchus cossyphicola Smales, 2010Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus Goeze, 1782)
P. cylindraceus was found infesting the Austral thrush 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.Plagiorhynchus deysarkari Bhattacharya, 2002Plagiorhynchus digiticephalus Amin, Ha and Heckmann, 2008Plagiorhynchus gallinagi Schachtachtinskaja, 1953)Plagiorhynchus genitopapillatus Lundström, 1942)Plagiorhynchus golvani Schmidt and Kuntz, 1966Plagiorhynchus gracilis Petrochenko, 1958)Plagiorhynchus kuntzi Gupta and Fatma, 1988Plagiorhynchus limnobaeni Tubangui, 1933)Plagiorhynchus longirostris Travassos, 1926)Plagiorhynchus luehei Travassos, 1916)Plagiorhynchus malayensis Tubangui, 1935)Plagiorhynchus megareceptaclis Amin, Ha and Heckmann, 2008Plagiorhynchus 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, 1970Plagiorhynchus 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:
L. inscripta was found infesting the Austral thrush in central Chile. It has also been found in the Puerto Rican lizard Anolis cristatellus.

Oligoterorhynchus

Oligoterorhynchus Monticelli, 1914 contains one species: ''Oligoterorhynchus campylurus''

Owilfordia

Owilfordia Schmidt and Kuntz, 1967 contains three species.

Porrorchis

Porrorchis Fukui, 1929 contains many species.
  • Porrorchis aruensis Smales, 2010
  • Porrorchis bazae
  • Porrorchis brevicanthus
  • Porrorchis centropi
  • Porrorchis centropusi
  • Porrorchis chauhani Gupta and Fatma, 1986
  • Porrorchis crocidurai Gupta and Fatma, 1986
  • Porrorchis elongatus Fukui, 1929
  • Porrorchis heckmanni Bilqees, Khan, Khatoon and Khatoon, 2007
  • Porrorchis herpistis Bhattacharya, 2007
  • Porrorchis houdemeri
  • Porrorchis hydromuris
  • Porrorchis hylae
  • Porrorchis indicus
  • Porrorchis jonesae Muti-ur-Rahman, Khan, Khatoon and Bilqees, 2010
  • Porrorchis keralensis George and Nadakal, 1984
  • Porrorchis kinsellai Lisitsyna, Tkach and Bush, 2012
  • Porrorchis leibyi Schmidt and Kuntz, 1967
  • Porrorchis maxvachoni
  • Porrorchis nickoli Salgado-Maldonado and Cruz-Reyes, 2002
  • Porrorchis oti Yamaguti, 1939
  • Porrorchis rotundatus
  • Porrorchis tyto Amin, Ha and Heckmann, 2008

Pseudogordiorhynchus

Golvan, 1957

Pseudolueheia

Schmidt and Kuntz, 1967
  • Pseudolueheia arunachalensis Bhattacharya, 2007
  • Pseudolueheia boreotis
  • Pseudolueheia korathai Gupta and Fatma, 1988
  • Pseudolueheia pittae Schmidt and Kuntz, 1967
  • Pseudolueheia tongsoni Salcedo and Celis, 2007

Sphaerechinorhynchinae Golvan, 1956

Sphaerechinorhynchus

Johnston, 1929
  • Sphaerechinorhynchus macropisthospinus Amin, Wongsawad, Marayong, Saehoong, Suwattanacoupt and Say, 1998
S. macropisthospinus has been found in the intestine of the tiger and a water monitor in Vietnam.
  • Sphaerechinorhynchus maximesospinus Amin, Ha and Heckmann, 2008
  • Sphaerechinorhynchus ophiograndis Bolette, 1997
  • Sphaerechinorhynchus rotundocapitatus
  • Sphaerechinorhynchus serpenticola Schmidt and Kuntz, 1966

Hosts

Plagiorhynchidae species parasitize a variety of hosts.