Acanthocephala: Palaeacanthocephala

Order Echinorhynchida (Parasitic Worms)

Family	Common Name	Selected Genus and Species	Image
Arhythmacanthidae	Parasitic Worm	Acanthocephaloides irregularis
Cavisomidae	Parasitic Worm	Cavisoma magnum
Diplosentidae	Parasitic Worm	Pararhadinorhynchus magnus
Echinorhynchidae	Parasitic Worm	Echinorhynchus salmonis
Fessisentidae	Parasitic Worm	Fessisentis acutulus
Gymnorhadinorhynchidae	Parasitic Worm	Gymnorhadinorhynchus decapteri
Heteracanthocephalidae	Parasitic Worm	Aspersentis megarhynchus
Illiosentidae	Parasitic Worm	Telosentis exiguus
Isthmosacanthidae	Parasitic Worm	Isthmosacanthus fitzroyensis
Pomphorhynchidae	Parasitic Worm	Pomphorhynchus laevis
Rhadinorhynchidae	Parasitic Worm	Rhadinorhynchus oligospinosus
Sauracanthorhynchidae	Parasitic Worm	Sauracanthorhynchus sphenomorphicola
Transvenidae	Parasitic Worm	Trajectura perinsolens

Order: Heteramorphida (Parasitic Thorny-headed Worms)

Family	Common Name	Selected Genus and Species	Image
Pyrirhynchidae	Parasitic Thorny-headed worms Worm	Pyrirhynchus heterospinus

Order Polymorphida (Parasitic Worms)

Family	Common Name	Selected Genus and Species	Image
Centrorhynchidae	Parasitic Worm	Centrorhynchus clitorideus
Plagiorhynchidae	Parasitic Worm	Plagiorhynchus digiticephalus
Polymorphidae	Parasitic Worm	Corynosoma wegeneri

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