Family RHADINORHYNCHIDAE Travassos, 1923

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• Rhadinorhynchidae Travassos, L.P. 1923. Informações sobre a fauna helminthológica de Mato Grosso (II nota). Folha Medica 4(2): 12-13 [12].

  Type genus:

   Rhadinorhynchus Lühe, 1911.
• Gorgorhynchidae Van Cleave & Lincicome 1940. A reconsideration of the Acanthocephalan Family Rhadinorhynchidae. Journal of Parasitology 26(1): 75-81 [76].

  Type genus:

   Gorgorhynchus Chandler, 1934.
• Micracanthorhynchinidae Yamaguti, S. 1963. Systema helminthum, Vol. V. Acanthocephala. New York : Wiley Interscience 423pp. [65].

  Type genus:

   Micracanthorhynchina Strand, 1936.
• Raorhynchidae Tripathi, Y.R. 1959. Studies on parasites of Indian fishes. V. Acanthocephala. Records of the Indian Museum 54(1-2): 61-99 [73].

  Type genus:

   Raorhynchus Tripathi, 1959.
• Gymnorhadinorhynchidae Braicovich, P.E., Lanfranchi, A.L., Farber, M.D., Marvaldi, A., Luque, J.L. & Timi, J.T. 2014. Genetic and morphological evidence reveals the existence of a new family, genus and species of Echinorhynchida (Acanthocephala). Folia Parasitologica 61: 377-384.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Baylis, H.A. 1945. Helminths from the American Cotton-rat (Sigmodon hispidus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(11): 189-195
• Golvan, Y.J. 1969. Systématique des acanthocéphales (Acanthocephala Rudolphi 1801). Première partie. L'ordre des Palaeacanthocephala Meyer 1931. Premier fascicule. La super-famille des Echinorhynchoidea (Cobbold 1876) Golvan et Houin 1963,. Mémoires du Muséum nationale d'Histoire naturelle Series A (Zoologie) [1950-1992] 57(1): 1-373 [86]
• Amin, O.M. 1985. Classification. 27-72pp. in Crompton, D.W.T. & Nickol, B.B. Biology of the Acanthocephala. London : Cambridge University Press 519pp. [49]
• Huston, D.C., Cribb, T.H. & Smales, L.R. 2020. Molecular characterisation of acanthocephalans from Australian marine teleosts: proposal of a new family, synonymy of another and transfer of taxa between orders. Systematic Parasitology 2020 97: 1-23 [13]

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