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Pseudauchen

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Pseudauchen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Echinorhynchida
Family: Rhadinorhynchidae
Genus: Pseudauchen
Yamaguti, 1963
Species:
P. epinepheli
Binomial name
Pseudauchen epinepheli
(Yamaguti, 1939)

Pseudauchen is a monotypic genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae. The only species is Pseudauchen epinepheli.[1] It was originally called Rhadmorhynchus epinepheli by Yamaguti in 1939 then Gorgorhynchus epinepheli by Golvan in 1960.[2] Only ventral spinesn are present on the trunk.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Pseudauchen Yamaguti, 1963". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. ^ Amin, O. M., & Van Ha, N. (2011). On four species of echinorhynchid acanthocephalans from marine fish in Halong Bay, Vietnam, including the description of three new species and a key to the species of Gorgorhynchus. Parasitology Research, 109, 841-847.
  3. ^ Moravec, F., Wolter, J., & Körting, W. (2013). Some nematodes and acanthocephalans from exotic ornamental freshwater fishes imported into Germany. Folia Parasitologica, 46(4), 296-310.