Sauracanthorhynchus is a genus of thorny-headed worms. It is the only genus in the family Sauracanthorhynchidae in the order Echinorhynchida. It contains a single species Sauracanthorhynchus sphenomorphicola. It was found the intestines of the skink Sphenomorphus granulatus. The host is found from the Huon Peninsula to Milne Bay Province, and the adjacent D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Fergusson, and Normamby.[1] The reported range of the parasite is restricted to Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The genus is named after the order of its host, and the species is named after the genus of its host.[2]

Sauracanthorhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Echinorhynchida
Family: Sauracanthorhynchidae
Bursey, Goldberg and Kraus, 2007
Genus: Sauracanthorhynchus
Bursey, Goldberg and Kraus, 2007
Species:
S. sphenomorphicola
Binomial name
Sauracanthorhynchus sphenomorphicola
Bursey, Goldberg and Kraus, 2007

References

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  1. ^ "Sphenomorphus granulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. ^ Bursey, C. R., Goldberg, S. R., & Kraus, F. (2007). New family, new genus, new species of Acanthocephala (Echinorhynchida) from the lizard, Sphenomorphus granulatus (Sauria: Scincidae), from Papua New Guinea. Open Parasitology Journal, 1, 41-44. Found at: https://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TOPARAJ/TOPARAJ-1-7.pdf