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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. Isthmosacanthus has only one species, Isthmosacanthus fitzroyensis. It is found in threadfin fish of Northern Australia.

References

1. ^ 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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