| Corynosoma australe | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
| Class: | Palaeacanthocephala |
| Order: | Polymorphida |
| Family: | Polymorphidae |
| Genus: | Corynosoma |
| Species: | C. australe
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| Binomial name | |
| Corynosoma australe Johnston, 1937
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Corynosoma autrale is a species of acanthocephalan (also known as thorny-headed worms, or spiny headed worms[citation needed]). This species usually infects pinnipeds; the semi-aquatic fin-footed marine mammals most commonly known as seals and sea lions. Pinniped infections are not exclusive, recently C. australe has been discovered in Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus).[1]
- ^ Hernández-Orts, Jesús Servando; Brandão, Martha; Georgieva, Simona; Raga, Juan Antonio; Crespo, Enrique Alberto; Luque, José Luis; Aznar, Francisco Javier (2017-10-05). "From mammals back to birds: Host-switch of the acanthocephalan Corynosoma australe from pinnipeds to the Magellanic penguin Spheniscus magellanicus". PLOS ONE. 12 (10): e0183809. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1283809H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0183809. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5628790. PMID 28981550.