Moniliformida

Moniliformida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
(unranked):	Bilateria
Superphylum:	Platyzoa
Phylum:	Acanthocephala Kohlreuther, 1771
Class:	Archiacanthocephala
Order:	Moniliformida
Family:	Moniliformidae
Genus
Echinorhynchus Moniliformis Promoniliformis

Moniliformida is an order containing a single family, Moniliformidae,^[1] of microscopic parasitic worms that attach themselves to the intestinal wall of terrestrial vertebrates

Genera

Echinorhynchus

Contains the following species:

• Echinorhynchus appendiculatus Westrumb, 1821
• Echinorhynchus myoxi Galli-Valerio, 1929
• Echinorhynchus pseudosegmentatus Knupffer, 1888

Moniliformis

Contains the following species:

• Moniliformis acomysi Ward and Nelson, 1967
• Moniliformis cestodiformis (Linstow, 1904)
• Moniliformis clarki (Ward, 1917)
• Moniliformis convolutus Meyer, 1932
• Moniliformis erinacei Southwell and Macfie, 1925
• Moniliformis gracilis (Rudolphi, 1819)
• Moniliformis kalahariensis Meyer, 1931
• Moniliformis monechinus (Linstow, 1902)
• Moniliformis moniliformis (Bremser, 1811)
• Moniliformis semoni (Linstow, 1898)
• Moniliformis spiradentatis Mcleod, 1933
• Moniliformis spiralis Subrahmanian, 1927
• Moniliformis travassosi Meyer, 1932

Promoniliformis

Contains the following species:

• Promoniliformis ovocristatus (Linstow, 1897)

References

1. ^ Encyclopedia of Life www.eol.org