Promoniliformis

Promoniliformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Archiacanthocephala
Order: Moniliformida
Family: Moniliformidae
Genus: Promoniliformis
Dollfus and Golvan, 1963[1]
Species:
P. ovocristatus
Binomial name
Promoniliformis ovocristatus
(Linstow, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Echinorhynchus ovocristatus Linstow, 1897
  • Moniliformis ovocristatus Petrotschenko, 1958
  • Heteracanthorhynchus echinopsi Horchner, 1962

Promoniliformis is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms) containing a single species, Promoniliformis ovocristatus, that infests tenrecs in Madagascar. The genus Promoniliformis Dollfus and Golvan, 1963[1] is characterized by possessing two distinct kinds of proboscis hooks.[2] There is only one species in this genus.

  1. ^ a b Dollfus, Robert-Ph.; Golvan, Yves-J. (1963). "Sur un singulier Métacanthocéphale parasite d'insectivores (Tenrecinae) de Madagascar et des Comores". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 38 (5): 793–806. doi:10.1051/parasite/1963385793.
  2. ^ Ward, Helen L.; Nelson, Diane R. (1967). "Acanthocephala of the Genus Moniliformis from Rodents of Egypt with the Description of a New Species from the Egyptian Spiny Mouse (Acomys cahirinus)". The Journal of Parasitology. 53 (1): 150–156. doi:10.2307/3276638. JSTOR 3276638. PMID 6066757.