Transvenidae

Transvenidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Echinorhynchida
Family: Transvenidae
Pichelin & Cribb, 2001[1]

Transvenidae is a family of parasitic spiny-headed (or thorny-headed) worms in the order Echinorhynchida. This family contains three species divided into two genera.

  1. ^ Pichelin, S.; Cribb, T. (2001). "The status of the Diplosentidae (Acanthocephala: Palaeacanthocephala) and a new family of acanthocephalans from Australian wrasses (Pisces: Labridae)". Folia Parasitologica. 48 (4): 289–303. doi:10.14411/fp.2001.047. PMID 11817452.