Centrorhynchidae
family of worms
Centrorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms. Three species of these thorny-headed worms in the genus Centrorhynchus were found to parasitize birds of prey and owls Slovakia. These hosts include Buteo buteo, Buteo rufinus, Falco tinnunculus, Asio otus, Strix aluco, Strix uralensis and Tyto alba.
Species
Centrorhynchidae contains three genera and many species:
Centrorhynchus
Centrorhynchus Lühe, 1911 contains numerous species:
Centrorhynchus acanthotrias (von Linstow, 1883)
Centrorhynchus albensis Rengaraju and Das, 1975
Centrorhynchus albidus Meyer, 1932
Centrorhynchus aluconis (Mueller, 1780)
The complete mitochondrial genome of C. aluconis has been sequenced.
Centrorhynchus amini Khan, Muti-ur-Rahman, Bilqees and Khatoon, 2010
Centrorhynchus amphibius Das, 1950
Centrorhynchus appendiculatus (Westrumb, 1821)
Centrorhynchus asturinus (Johnston, 1912)
Centrorhynchus atheni Gupta and Fatma, 1983
Centrorhynchus bancrofti (Johnston and Best, 1943)
Centrorhynchus bazaleticus Kuraschvili, 1955
Centrorhynchus bengalensis Datta and Soota, 1954
Centrorhynchus bethaniae George and Nadakal, 1987
Centrorhynchus bilqeesae Ghazi, Khan and Noorun-Nisa, 2005
Centrorhynchus brama Rengaraju and Das, 1980
Centrorhynchus brevicaudatus Das, 1949
Centrorhynchus brumpti Golvan, 1965
Centrorhynchus brygooi Golvan, 1965
Centrorhynchus bubonis Yamaguti, 1939
Centrorhynchus buckleyi Gupta and Fatma, 1983
Centrorhynchus buteonis (Schrank, 1788)
Centrorhynchus californicus Millzner, 1924
Centrorhynchus chabaudi Golvan, 1958
Centrorhynchus clitorideus (Meyer, 1931)
Centrorhynchus conspectus Van Cleave and Pratt, 1940
Centrorhynchus crotophagicola Schmidt and Neiland, 1966
Centrorhynchus dimorphocephalus (Westrumb, 1821)
Centrorhynchus dipsadis (Linstow, 1888)
Centrorhynchus elongatus Yamaguti, 1935
Centrorhynchus falconis (Johnston and Best, 1943)
Centrorhynchus fasciatus (Westrumb, 1821)
Centrorhynchus fisheri Bhattacharya, 1999
Centrorhynchus freundi (Hartwick, 1953)
Centrorhynchus fukiensis Wang, 1966
Centrorhynchus galliardi Golvan, 1956
Centrorhynchus gendrei (Golvan, 1957)
Centrorhynchus gibsoni Khan, Ghazi and Bilqees, 2002
Centrorhynchus giganteus Travassos, 1921
Centrorhynchus glaucidii Wang, 1966
Centrorhynchus globirostris Amin, Heckmann, Wilson, Keele, and Khan, 2014
C. globirostris infests the pheasant crow (Centropus sinensis) in Pakistan. A genetic analysis has been completed.
Centrorhynchus globocaudatus (Zeder, 1800)
Centrorhynchus golvani Anantaraman, et al., 1969
Centrorhynchus grassei Golvan, 1965
Centrorhynchus guira Lunaschi and Drago, 2010
Centrorhynchus guptai Golvan, 1969
Centrorhynchus hagiangensis (Petrochenko and Fan, 1969)
Centrorhynchus halcyonicola Smales, 2011
Centrorhynchus hartwichi Golvan, 1994
Centrorhynchus horridus (Linstow, 1897)
Centrorhynchus indicus Golvan, 1956
Centrorhynchus insularis Tubangui, 1833
Centrorhynchus itatsinsis Fukui, 1929
Centrorhynchus javanicans Rengaraju and Das, 1975
Centrorhynchus knowlesi Datta and Soota, 1955
Centrorhynchus kuntzi Schmidt and Neiland, 1966
Centrorhynchus latai Golvan, 1994
Centrorhynchus leptorhynchus Meyer, 1932
Centrorhynchus longicephalus Das, 1950
Centrorhynchus lucknowensis Gupta and Fatma, 1983
Centrorhynchus mabuiae (Linstow, 1908)
Centrorhynchus macrorchis Das, 1949
Centrorhynchus madagascariensis (Golvan, 1957)
Centrorhynchus magnus Fukui, 1929
Centrorhynchus mariauxi Smales, 2011
Centrorhynchus merulae Dolfus and Golvan, 1961
Centrorhynchus microcephalus (Bravo-hollis, 1947)
Centrorhynchus migrans Zuberi and Faroog, 1974
Centrorhynchus milvus Ward, 1956
Centrorhynchus mysentri Gupta and Fatma, 1983
Centrorhynchus nahuelhuapensis Steinauer, Flores and Rauque, 2020
C. nahuelhuapensis was found in the intestine of the rufous-legged owl (Strix rufipes) in Patagonia, Argentina. The proboscis is armed with 31–33 rows of hooks 16 or 17 hooks per row. The hooks in each row are distributed into 5 true hooks, 4 transitional hooks, and 7–8 spiniform hooks. It has three cement glands.
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