Isthmosacanthus

Isthmosacanthus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Acanthocephala
Class:	Palaeacanthocephala
Order:	Echinorhynchida
Family:	Isthmosacanthidae; Smales, 2012
Genus:	Isthmosacanthus; Smales, 2012
Species:	I. fitzroyensis
Binomial name
	Isthmosacanthus fitzroyensis; Smales, 2012

Isthmosacanthus is a genus of thorny-headed worms. It is the only genus in the family Isthmosacanthidae in the order Echinorhynchida.^[1] Isthmosacanthus has only one species, Isthmosacanthus fitzroyensis. It is found in threadfin fish of Northern Australia.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Smales, L. R. (2012). A new acanthocephalan family, the Isthmosacanthidae (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchida), with the description of Isthmosacanthus fitzroyensis n. g., n. sp. from threadfin fishes (Polynemidae) of northern Australia. Systematic Parasitology, 82(2), 105–111.

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