Polymorphida
| Polymorphida | |
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| Corynosoma wegeneri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
| Class: | Palaeacanthocephala |
| Order: | Polymorphida Petrochenko, 1956 |
Polymorphida are an order of thorny-headed worms (phylum Acanthocephala). The adults of these parasitic platyzoans feed mainly on fish and aquatic birds.
This order contains 5 families:[1][2]
- Centrorhynchidae Van Cleave, 1916
- Isthomosacanthidae Smales, 2012
- Plagiorhynchidae Meyer, 1931
- Pyriprobosicidae
- Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Polymorphida.
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Polymorphida".
- ^ Huston, D. C., Cribb, T. H., & Smales, L. R. (2020). Molecular characterisation of acanthocephalans from Australian marine teleosts: proposal of a new family, synonymy of another and transfer of taxa between orders. Systematic Parasitology, 1-23.
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