Heteracanthocephalidae

Heteracanthocephalidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida.

Species
Heteracanthocephalidae  contains two subfamilies (Aspersentinae and Heteracanthocephalinae) and the following species:

Aspersentinae Golvan, 1960
Aspersentis Van Cleave, 1929
 * Aspersentis austrinus Van Cleave, 1929
 * Aspersentis dissosthychi (Parukhin, 1989)
 * Aspersentis johni (Bayliss, 1929)

A. johni was found parasitizing Patagonotothen longipes and Champsocephalus esox in the eastern mouth of the Beagle Channel.


 * Aspersentis megarhynchus (von Linstow, 1892)
 * Aspersentis minor Edmonds and Smales, 1992
 * Aspersentis peltorhamphi (Baylis, 1944)
 * Aspersentis zanclorhynchi (Johnston and Best, 1937)

Heteracanthocephalinae Petrochenko, 1956
Bullockrhynchus Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985 Sachalinorhynchus Krotov and Petrochenko, 1956
 * Bullockrhynchus indicus Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985
 * Sachalinorhynchus skrjabini Krotov and Petrochenko, 1956