Neoechinorhynchidae

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Platyzoa
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Classis: Eoacanthocephala
Ordo: Neoechinorhynchida
Familia: Neoechinorhynchidae
Subfamiliae (4): Atactorhynchinae - Eocollinae - Gracilisentinae - Neoechinorhynchinae

Overview of genera (16)

Atactorhynchus - Dispiron - Eocollis - Floridosentis - Gorytocephalus - Gracilisentis - Hexaspiron - Microsentis - Neoechinorhynchus - Octospinifer - Octospiniferoides - Pandosentis - Paulisentis - Tanaorhamphus - Wolffhugelia - Zeylonechinorhynchus
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist, except Hebesoma treated as a subgenus of Neoechinorhynchus, after Amin (2002)]

Name

Neoechinorhynchidae Ward, 1917
Type genus: Neoechinorhynchus Hamann in Stiles & Hassall, 1905

Synonyms

Neorhynchidae Hamann, 1892
Type genus: Neorhynchus Hamann, 1892 [junior homonym] [=Neoechinorhynchus Hamann in Stiles & Hassall, 1905]
Eorhynchidae Van Cleave, 1915 [PRIORITY NAME!]
Type genus: Eorhynchus Van Cleave, 1915 [=Neoechinorhynchus Hamann in Stiles & Hassall, 1905]
Hebesomidae Van Cleave, 1928
Hebesomatidae Yamaguti, 1963

References

Amin, O.M. 2002: Revision of Neoechinorhynchus Stiles & Hassall, 1905 (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) with keys to 88 species in two subgenera. Systematic parasitology, 53(1): 1-18. ISSN: 0165-5752 doi: 10.1023/A:1019953421835
Hamann, O. 1892: Das System der Acanthocephalen. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 15: 195-197. Internet Archive BHL
Van Cleave, H.J. 1915: Eorhynchus: a proposed new name for Neorhynchus Hamann preoccupied. Journal of parasitology, 1: 50-51. BHL

links

Richardson, D.J. (coordinator): Neoechinorhynchidae Species Listing in Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog