Rhadinorhynchidae


Rhadinorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.

Species

Rhadinorhynchidae has 4 subfamilies and the following species:

Golvanacanthinae Paggi and Orecchia, 1972

Golvanacanthus

Golvanacanthus Paggi and Orecchia, 1972 contains one species:
  • Golvanacanthus blennii Paggi and Orecchia, 1972

Gorgorhynchinae Van Cleave & Lincicome, 1940

Australorhynchus Lebedev, 1967
  • Australorhynchus tetramorphacanthus Lebedev, 1967
Cleaveius Subrahmanian, 1927
  • Cleaveius circumspinifer Subrahmanian, 1927
  • Cleaveius clupei
  • Cleaveius durdanae Kumar, 1992
  • Cleaveius fotedari
  • Cleaveius inglisi
  • Cleaveius leiognathi Jain & Gupta, 1979
  • Cleaveius longirostris Moravec and Sey, 1989
  • Cleaveius mysti
  • Cleaveius portblairensis Jain & Gupta, 1979
  • Cleaveius prashadi
  • Cleaveius puriensis
  • Cleaveius secundus
  • Cleaveius singhai
  • Cleaveius thapari
Edmondsacanthus Smales, 2009
  • Edmondsacanthus blairi Smales, 2009
Gorgorhynchus Chandler, 1934
  • Gorgorhynchus celebesensis
  • Gorgorhynchus clavatus Van Cleave, 1940
  • Gorgorhynchus lepidus Van Cleave, 1940
  • Gorgorhynchus medius Chandler, 1934
  • Gorgorhynchus nemipteri Parukhin, 1973
  • Gorgorhynchus occultus Smales, Barton, and Chisholm
G. occultus has been found parasitising the Cobbler wobbegong in Bunbury, Western Australia. The proboscis of this worm has 18 to 20 rows of 8 or 9 hooks followed by a well-developed neck. The body contains irregular circles of small spines in a single anterior portion. The male reproductive system limited to the posterior quarter of the trunk. There are three cement glands.
  • Gorgorhynchus ophiocephali Furtado & Lau, 1971
  • Gorgorhynchus polymixiae Kovalenko, 1981
  • Gorgorhynchus robertdollfusi Golvan, 1956
  • Gorgorhynchus satoi Morisita, 1937
  • Gorgorhynchus tonkinensis Amin & Ha, 2011
  • Gorgorhynchus trachinotus Noronha, Vicente, Pinto & Fábio, 1986
Leptorhynchoides Kostylev, 1924
  • Leptorhynchoides acanthidion Steinauer & Nickol, 2015
  • Leptorhynchoides aphredoderi Buckner & Buckner, 1976
  • Leptorhynchoides apoglyphicus Steinauer & Nickol, 2015
  • Leptorhynchoides atlanteus Steinauer & Nickol, 2015
  • Leptorhynchoides macrorchis Steinauer & Nickol, 2015
  • Leptorhynchoides nebularosis Steinauer & Nickol, 2015
  • Leptorhynchoides plagicephalus
  • Leptorhynchoides polycristatus Amin, Heckmann, Halajian, El-Naggar & Tavakol, 2013
  • Leptorhynchoides seminolus Steinauer & Nickol, 2015
  • Leptorhynchoides thecatus Kostylev, 1924
Metacanthocephaloides Yamaguti, 1959
Metacanthocephalus Yamaguti, 1959
  • Metacanthocephalus campbelli
  • Metacanthocephalus dalmori Zdzitowiecki, 1983
  • Metacanthocephalus johnstoni Zdzitowiecki, 1983
  • Metacanthocephalus ovicephalus
  • Metacanthocephalus pleuronichthydis Yamaguti, 1959
  • Metacanthocephalus rennicki
Micracanthorhynchina Strand, 1936
  • Micracanthorhynchina atherinomori Smales, 2014
  • Micracanthorhynchina chandrai Bhattacharya, 2007
  • Micracanthorhynchina cynoglossi Wang, 1980
  • Micracanthorhynchina dakusuiensis
  • Micracanthorhynchina golvani Gupta & Sinha, 1992
  • Micracanthorhynchina hemiculturus Demshin, 1965
  • Micracanthorhynchina hemirhamphi
  • Micracanthorhynchina indica Farooqi, 1980
  • Micracanthorhynchina kuwaitensis Amin & Sey, 1996
  • Micracanthorhynchina lateolabracis Wang, 1980
  • Micracanthorhynchina motomurai
  • Micracanthorhynchina segmentata
Paracanthorhynchus Edmonds, 1967
Pseudauchen Yamaguti, 1963
Pseudoleptorhynchoides Salgado-Maldonado, 1976

Rhadinorhynchinae Lühe, 1912

Cathayacanthus Golvan, 1969Cathayacanthus bagarii Moravec and Sey, 1989
  • Cathayacanthus exilis
  • Cathayacanthus spinitruncatus Amin, Heckmann & Ha, 2014
Megistacantha Golvan, 1960Megistacantha horridum Megistacantha sanghaensis Kvach, Jirků & Scholz, 2016
Paragorgorhynchus Golvan, 1957Paragorgorhynchus albertianus Golvan, 1957Paragorgorhynchus chariensis Troncy, 1970
Pseudogorgorhynchus Moravec, Wolter & Korting, 2000
  • Pseudogorgorhynchus arii Moravec, Wolter & Korting, 2000
Raorhynchus Tripathi, 1959
  • Raorhynchus cadenati Gupta & Sinha, 1992
  • Raorhynchus guptai Gupta & Kumar, 1987
  • Raorhynchus inexspectatus Golvan, 1969
  • Raorhynchus megalaspisi Wang, Wang and Wu, 1993
  • Raorhynchus mayeri
  • Raorhynchus polynemi Tripathi, 1959
  • Raorhynchus schmidti George & Nadakal, 1978
  • Raorhynchus terebra Rudolphi, 1819
  • Raorhynchus thapari Gupta & Fatma, 1981
Rhadinorhynchus Lühe, 1911
  • Rhadinorhynchus africanus
  • Rhadinorhynchus atheri
  • Rhadinorhynchus bicircumspinis Hooper, 1983
  • Rhadinorhynchus biformis Smales, 2014
  • Rhadinorhynchus cadenati
  • Rhadinorhynchus camerounensis Golvan, 1969
  • Rhadinorhynchus capensis Bray, 1974
  • Rhadinorhynchus carangis Yamaguti, 1939
  • Rhadinorhynchus chongmingnensis Huang, Zheng, Deng, Fan and Ni, 1988
  • Rhadinorhynchus cololabis Laurs & McCauley, 1964
  • Rhadinorhynchus decapteri
R. decapteri is a parasite of the marine fish Round scad and is found coastal waters of Brazil. It has 10 longitudinal rows of 22–26 hooks. The species name decapteri was derived from the genus of the type host.
  • Rhadinorhynchus ditrematus Yamaguti, 1939
  • Rhadinorhynchus dollfusi Gupta & Fatma, 1987
  • Rhadinorhynchus dorsoventrospinosus Amin, Heckmann & Há, 2011
  • Rhadinorhynchus dujardini Golvan, 1969
  • Rhadinorhynchus echeneisi Gupta and Gupta, 1980
  • Rhadinorhynchus erumeii
  • Rhadinorhynchus ganapatii Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985
  • Rhadinorhynchus hiansi Soota & Bhattacharya, 1981
  • Rhadinorhynchus japonicus Fujita, 1920
  • Rhadinorhynchus johnstoni Golvan, 1969
  • Rhadinorhynchus keralensis Gupta & Fatma, 1987
  • Rhadinorhynchus laterospinosus Amin, Heckmann & Há, 2011
  • Rhadinorhynchus lintoni Cable & Linderoth, 1963
  • Rhadinorhynchus oligospinosus Amin & Heckmann, 2017
  • Rhadinorhynchus mariserpentis
R. mariserpentis parasitizes the Oarfish, Regalecus russelii and has been collected near Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan.
  • Rhadinorhynchus ornatus Van Cleave, 1918
  • Rhadinorhynchus pelamysi Gupta & Gupta, 1980
  • Rhadinorhynchus pichelinae Smales, 2014
  • Rhadinorhynchus plagioscionis Thatcher, 1980
  • Rhadinorhynchus plotosi Parukhin, 1985
  • Rhadinorhynchus polydactyli Smales, 2014
  • Rhadinorhynchus polynemi Gupta & Lata, 1967
  • Rhadinorhynchus pomatomi Smales, 2014
  • Rhadinorhynchus pristis
  • Rhadinorhynchus saltatrix Troncy & Vassiliades, 1973
  • Rhadinorhynchus selkirki Van Cleave, 1921
  • Rhadinorhynchus seriolae
  • Rhadinorhynchus stunkardii Gupta & Fatma, 1987
  • Rhadinorhynchus trachuri Harada, 1935
R. trachuri is one of the most widespread acanthocephalans infesting fish from the Eastern Pacific, Western Pacific, and Indian Oceans. On the South pacific coast of Vietnam, it was found infesting the Frigate tuna, and the Torpedo scad.
  • Rhadinorhynchus trivandricus George & Nadkal, 1978
  • Rhadinorhynchus vancleavei Golvan, 1969
  • Rhadinorhynchus zhukovi Golvan, 1969
Slendrorhynchus Amin & Sey, 1996
  • Slendrorhynchus breviclaviproboscis Amin & Sey, 1996

Serrasentoidinae Parukhin, 1982

Serrasentoides Parukhin, 1971
  • Serrasentoides fistulariae Parukhin, 1971

Hosts

Rhadinorhynchidae species parasitize fish hosts.