| Multisentis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
| Class: | Archiacanthocephala |
| Order: | Oligacanthorhynchida |
| Family: | Oligacanthorhynchidae |
| Genus: | Multisentis Smales, 1997[1] |
| Species: | M. myrmecobius
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| Binomial name | |
| Multisentis myrmecobius Smales, 1997[1]
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Multisentis is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms). It contains a single species, Multisentis myrmecobius , parasite of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) from which it derives its species name. It was found in south-western Australia.[1]
- ^ a b c Smales Lesley R. (1997) Multisentis myrmecobius, gen. et. sp. nov. (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae), from the Numbat, Myrmecobius fasciatus, and a Key to Genera of the Oligacanthorhynchidae. Invertebrate Systematics 11, 301-307. https://doi.org/10.1071/IT95023