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Echinorhynchida (Spiny-headed worms)

Wikipedia Abstract

Echinorhynchida are an order of parasitic worms from the phylum Acanthocephala.
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Family

Arhythmacanthidae (18)
Cavisomidae (18)
Diplosentidae (Spiny-headed worm) (6)
Echinorhynchidae (Spiny-headed worm) (136)
Fessisentidae (Spiny-headed worm) (5)
Heteracanthocephalidae (Spiny-headed worm) (5)
Hypoechinorhynchidae (Spiny-headed worm) (3)
Illiosentidae (Spiny-headed worm) (30)
Polyacanthorhynchidae (4)
Pomphorhynchidae (Spiny-headed worm) (33)
Rhadinorhynchidae (Spiny-headed worm) (84)

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