Golvanacanthus

Golvanacanthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Echinorhynchida
Family: Rhadinorhynchidae
Subfamily: Golvanacanthinae
Genus: Golvanacanthus
Paggi and Orecchia, 1972[1]
Species:
G. blennii
Binomial name
Golvanacanthus blennii
Paggi and Orecchia, 1972[1]

Golvanacanthus is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms) containing a single species, Golvanacanthus blennii, that infests animals.

  1. ^ a b Paggi, L., & Orecchia, P. (1972). Golvanacanthus blennii ng, n. sp.(Palaeacanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae Travassos, 1923) parasite of Blennius pavo and proposal of a new subfamily Golvanacanthinae n. subf.