Cavisomidae Explained

Cavisomidae are a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.

Species

Cavisomidae contains the following genera:[1]

Caballerorhynchus

Caballerorhynchus Salgado-Maldonado, 1977 contains one species:

Cavisoma

See main article: Cavisoma. Cavisoma Van Cleave, 1931 contains one species: Cavisoma magnum (Southwell, 1927)[2] C. magnum (Southwell, 1927) Van Cleave, 1931 was originally described as Oligoterorhynchus magnus by Southwell[3] 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),[4] [2] Siganus lineatus (Siganidae),[5] and Grey mullet, Mugil cephalus (Mugilidae).[2] Localities include Sri Lanka, the Red Sea, the Philippines, New Caledonia, and Iraq.[2]

Echinorhynchoides

See main article: Echinorhynchoides. Echinorhynchoides Achmerov and Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941 contains one species:

Femogibbosus

Femogibbosus Paruchin, 1973 contains only one species, Femogibbosus assi Paruchin, 1973.

Filisoma

Filisoma Van Cleave, 1928 contains many species:

Megapriapus

See main article: Megapriapus. Megapriapus Golvan, Gracia-Rodrigo and Diaz-Ungria, 1964 contains one species:

Neorhadinorhynchus

See main article: Neorhadinorhynchus. Neorhadinorhynchus Yamaguti, 1939 contains many species:[6]

Paracavisoma

See main article: Paracavisoma. Paracavisoma Kritscher, 1957 contains one species:

Pseudocavisoma

See main article: Pseudocavisoma. Pseudocavisoma Golvan & Houin, 1964 contains one species

Rhadinorhynchoides

See main article: Rhadinorhynchoides. Rhadinorhynchoides Fukui and Morisita, 1937 contains one species

Hosts

Cavisomidae species parasitize fish.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITIS - Report: Cavisomidae.
  2. Amin. Omar M.. Heckmann. Richard A.. Bannai. Majid A.. Cavisoma magnum (Cavisomidae), a unique Pacific acanthocephalan redescribed from an unusual host, Mugil cephalus (Mugilidae), in the Persian Gulf, with notes on histopathology and metal analysis. Parasite. 25. 2018. 5. 1776-1042. 10.1051/parasite/2018006. 29424340. 5806538.
  3. Southwell T 1927. New species of Acanthocephala (Oligoterorhynchus magnus) from a marine fish. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 21, 165–169.
  4. 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.
  5. Foata. J.. Quilichini. Y.. Justine. J.-L.. Bray. R.A.. Marchand. B.. Ultrastructural study of spermiogenesis and the spermatozoon of Cavisoma magnum (Southwell, 1927) (Acanthocephala, Palaeacanthocephala, Cavisomidae), from Siganus lineatus (Pisces, Teleostei, Siganidae) (Valenciennes, 1835) in New Caledonia. Micron. 43. 2–3. 2012. 141–149. 0968-4328. 10.1016/j.micron.2011.10.022. 22100318.
  6. Amin 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.

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