Polymorphida

Polymorphida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Acanthocephala
Class:	Palaeacanthocephala
Order:	Polymorphida; Petrochenko, 1956

Polymorphida are an order of thorny-headed worms (phylum Acanthocephala). The adults of these parasitic platyzoans feed mainly on fish and aquatic birds.

This order contains 5 families:^[1]^[2]

Centrorhynchidae Van Cleave, 1916
Isthomosacanthidae Smales, 2012
Plagiorhynchidae Meyer, 1931
Pyriprobosicidae
Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931

References[]

^ https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=197470
^ Huston, D. C., Cribb, T. H., & Smales, L. R. (2020). Molecular characterisation of acanthocephalans from Australian marine teleosts: proposal of a new family, synonymy of another and transfer of taxa between orders. Systematic Parasitology, 1-23.

This acanthocephalan-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] ttps://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=197470

[Huston2020-2] Huston, D. C., Cribb, T. H., & Smales, L. R. (2020). Molecular characterisation of acanthocephalans from Australian marine teleosts: proposal of a new family, synonymy of another and transfer of taxa between orders. Systematic Parasitology, 1-23.

[1]

[2]