Cavisomidae

Cavisomidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Acanthocephala
Class:	Palaeacanthocephala
Order:	Echinorhynchida
Family:	Cavisomidae Meyer, 1932
Genera
Caballerorhynchus Cavisoma Echinorhynchoides Femogibbosus Filisoma Megapriapus Neorhadinorhynchus Paracavisoma Rhadinorhynchoides

Cavisomidae are a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.^[1]

Genera

Caballerorhynchus

Contains the following species:

• Caballerorhynchus lamothei Salgado-maldonado, 1977

Cavisoma

Contains the following species:

• Cavisoma magnum (Southwell, 1927)

Echinorhynchoides

Contains the following species:

• Echinorhynchoides dogieli Achmerov, et al., 1941

Femogibbosus

Contains the following species:

• Femogibbosus assi Paruchin, 1973

Filisoma

Contains the following species:

• Filisoma bucerium Van Cleve, 1940
• Filisoma fidum Van Cleve and Manter, 1948
• Filisoma filiformis Weaver and Smales, 2013
• Filisoma hoogliensis Datta and Soota, 1962
• Filisoma indicum van Cleave 1928
• Filisoma micracanthi Harada, 1938
• Filisoma rizalinum Tubangui and Masilungan, 1946
• Filisoma scatophagusi Datta and Soota, 1962

Megapriapus

Contains the following species:

• Megapriapus ungriai (Gracia-Rodrigo, 1960)

Neorhadinorhynchus

Contains the following species:

• Neorhadinorhynchus aspinosus (Fukui and Morisita, 1937)
• Neorhadinorhynchus atlanticus Gaevskaja, et al., 1977
• Neorhadinorhynchus madagascariensis Golvan, 1969
• Neorhadinorhynchus nudus

Paracavisoma

Contains the following species:

• Paracavisoma chromitidis (Cable and Quick, 1954)

Rhadinorhynchoides

Contains the following species:

• Rhadinorhynchoides miyagawai Fukui and Morisita, 1937

References

1. Encyclopedia of Life www.eol.org