Cavisomidae are a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.
Species
Cavisomidae contains ten genera:
Caballerorhynchus Caballerorhynchus Salgado-Maldonado, 1977 contains one species:
Caballerorhynchus lamothei Salgado-Maldonado, 1977
Cavisoma Cavisoma Van Cleave, 1931 contains one species:
Cavisoma magnum (Southwell, 1927)
C. magnum (Southwell, 1927) Van Cleave, 1931 was originally described as Oligoterorhynchus magnus by SouthwellSouthwell T 1927. New species of Acanthocephala (Oligoterorhynchus magnus) from a marine fish. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 21, 165–169. from the stomach and pyloric ceca of the sea bass, Serranus sp. (Serranidae) and from another fish, the spotted surgeonfish Ctenochaetus strigosus (Acanthuridae) off Negapatam, (Sri Lanka). Other hosts include milkfish Chanos chanos (Chanidae),Arthur JR, Regidor SE, Albert E. 1995. Redescription of Cavisoma magnum (Southwell, 1927) (Acanthocephala: Cavisomidae) from the milkfish, Chanos chanos, in the Philippines. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 62, 39–43. Siganus lineatus (Siganidae), and Grey mullet, Mugil cephalus (Mugilidae). Localities include Sri Lanka, the Red Sea, the Philippines, New Caledonia, and Iraq.
Echinorhynchoides Echinorhynchoides Achmerov and Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941 contains one species:
Echinorhynchoides dogieli Achmerov and Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941
Femogibbosus Femogibbosus Paruchin, 1973 contains only one species, Femogibbosus assi Paruchin, 1973.
Filisoma Filisoma Van Cleave, 1928 contains many species:
Filisoma acanthocybii Wang, Wang & Wu, 1993 Filisoma atropi Wang and Wang, 1988 Filisoma bucerium Van Cleave, 1940 Filisoma fidum Van Cleve & Manter, 1947 Filisoma filiformis Weaver & Smales, 2013 Filisoma indicum Van Cleave, 1928 Filisoma inglisi Gupta & Naqvi, 1986 Filisoma longcementglandatus Amin & Nahhas, 1994Amin OM, Nahhas FM. Acanthocephala of marine fishes off Fiji Islands, with descriptions of Filisoma longcementglandatus n. sp., Neorhadinorhynchus macrospinosus n. sp. (Cavisomidae), and gravid females of Rhadinorhynchus johnstoni (Rhadinorhynchidae); and keys to species of the genera Filisoma and Neorhadinorhynchus. J Parasitol. 1994 Oct;80(5):768-74. PMID 7931911. Filisoma micracanthi Harada, 1938 Filisoma oplegnathi Wang & Wang, 1988 Filisoma rizalinum Tubangui & Masiluñgan, 1946 Filisoma scatophagusi Datta & Soota, 1962
Megapriapus Megapriapus Golvan, Gracia-Rodrigo and Diaz-Ungria, 1964 contains one species:
Megapriapus ungriai (Gracia-Rodrigo, 1960)
Neorhadinorhynchus Neorhadinorhynchus Yamaguti, 1939 contains many species:
Neorhadinorhynchus aspinosus (Fukui and Morisita, 1937) Neorhadinorhynchus atlanticus Gaevskaja & Nigmatulin, 1977 Neorhadinorhynchus atypicalis Amin & Ha, 2011 Neorhadinorhynchus macrospinosus Amin & Nahhas, 1994 Neorhadinorhynchus madagascariensis Golvan, 1969 Neorhadinorhynchus myctophumi Mordvilkova, 1988 Neorhadinorhynchus nudus (Harada, 1938)
Paracavisoma Paracavisoma Kritscher, 1957 contains one species:
Paracavisoma impudica (Diesing, 1851)
Pseudocavisoma Pseudocavisoma Golvan & Houin, 1964 contains one species
Pseudocavisoma chromitidis (Cable and Quick, 1954) Golvan & Houin, 1964
Rhadinorhynchoides Rhadinorhynchoides Fukui and Morisita, 1937 contains one species
Rhadinorhynchoides miyagawai Fukui and Morisita, 1937
Hosts Cavisomidae species parasitize fish.
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