Quadrigyridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gyracanthocephala 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Platyzoa
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Classis: Eoacanthocephala
Ordo: Gyracanthocephala

Familia:
Subfamiliae: Pallisentinae - Quadrigyrinae

Overview of genera (12)

Acanthogyrus – Deltacanthus – Devendrosentis – Palliolisentis – Pallisentis – Quadrigyrus – Raosentis – Saccosentis

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist

Machadosentis – ?Acanthocephalorhynchoides – ?Hexaspiron – ?Pararaosentis

Name

Quadrigyridae Van Cleve, 1920

Synonyms

  • Acanthogyridae Thapar, 1927
  • Pallisentidae Van Cleve, 1928

References

  • Amin, O.M. et al. 2000: Revision of the genus Pallisentis (Acanthocephala: Quadrigyridae) with the erection of three new subgenera, the description of Pallisentis (Brevitritospinus) vietnamensis subgen. et sp. n., a key to species of Pallisentis, and the description of a new quadrigyrid genus, Pararaosentis gen. n. Comparative parasitology, 67 (1): 40–50. abstract only seen
  • Crompton, D.W.T.; Nickol, B.B. 1985: Biology of the Acanthocephala, Cambridge University Press, p. 64. Preview: [1]
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