Trypanorhyncha
Encyclopedia
Trypanorhyncha is an order
of cestode, a type of Flatworm
.
Some species
infect gamefish, such as sciaenids, during the parasitic worm's plerocercoid
stage, and are commonly called spaghetti worm because of their appearance, approximating cooked spaghetti
. Such species include Poecilancistrium caryophyllum and Pseudogrillotia pleistacantha.
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
of cestode, a type of Flatworm
Flatworm
The flatworms, known in scientific literature as Platyhelminthes or Plathelminthes are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrate animals...
.
Some species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
infect gamefish, such as sciaenids, during the parasitic worm's plerocercoid
Plerocercoid
Plerocercoid refers to last larval form found in the second intermediate host of many Cestoda with aquatic life cycles....
stage, and are commonly called spaghetti worm because of their appearance, approximating cooked spaghetti
Spaghetti
Spaghetti is a long, thin, cylindrical pasta of Italian origin. Spaghetti is made of semolina or flour and water. Italian dried spaghetti is made from durum wheat semolina, but outside of Italy it may be made with other kinds of flour...
. Such species include Poecilancistrium caryophyllum and Pseudogrillotia pleistacantha.