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]

Isthmosacanthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Echinorhynchida
Family: Isthmosacanthidae
Smales, 2012[1]
Genus: Isthmosacanthus
Smales, 2012
Species:
I. fitzroyensis
Binomial name
Isthmosacanthus fitzroyensis
Smales, 2012

References

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  1. ^ 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.