Tchadorhynchus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
Class: | Archiacanthocephala |
Order: | Oligacanthorhynchida |
Family: | Oligacanthorhynchidae |
Genus: | Tchadorhynchus Troncy, 1970 |
Species: | T. quentini
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Binomial name | |
Tchadorhynchus quentini Troncy, 1970
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Tchadorhynchus is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms). It contains a single species, Tchadorhynchus quentini, which infests hyenas (Manis pentadactyla) in Chad.