Family Centrorhynchidae

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*Centrorhynchidae* is a family of parasitic worms. Three species of these thorny-headed worms in the genus Centrorhynchus were found to parasitize birds of prey and owls Slovakia. These hosts include *Buteo buteo*, *Buteo rufinus*, *Falco tinnunculus*, *Asio otus*, *Strix aluco*, *Strix uralensis* and *Tyto alba*.

## Species

**Centrorhynchidae** contains the following species:

***Centrorhynchus*** Lühe, 1911

* ***Centrorhynchus acanthotrias*** (von Linstow, 1883)
* ***Centrorhynchus albensis*** Rengaraju and Das, 1975
* ***Centrorhynchus albidus*** Meyer, 1932
* ***Centrorhynchus aluconis*** (Mueller, 1780)

The complete mitochondrial genome of *C. aluconis* has been sequenced.

* ***Centrorhynchus amini*** Khan, Muti-ur-Rahman, Bilqees and Khatoon, 2010
* ***Centrorhynchus amphibius*** Das, 1950
* ***Centrorhynchus appendiculatus*** (Westrumb, 1821)
* ***Centrorhynchus asturinus*** (Johnston, 1912)
* ***Centrorhynchus atheni*** Gupta and Fatma, 1983
* ***Centrorhynchus bancrofti*** (Johnston and Best, 1943)
* ***Centrorhynchus bazaleticus*** Kuraschvili, 1955
* ***Centrorhynchus bengalensis*** Datta and Soota, 1954
* ***Centrorhynchus bethaniae*** George and Nadakal, 1987
* ***Centrorhynchus bilqeesae*** Ghazi, Khan and Noorun-Nisa, 2005
* ***Centrorhynchus brama*** Rengaraju and Das, 1980
* ***Centrorhynchus brevicaudatus*** Das, 1949
* ***Centrorhynchus brumpti*** Golvan, 1965
* ***Centrorhynchus brygooi*** Golvan, 1965
* ***Centrorhynchus bubonis*** Yamaguti, 1939
* ***Centrorhynchus buckleyi*** Gupta and Fatma, 1983
* ***Centrorhynchus buteonis*** (Schrank, 1788)
* ***Centrorhynchus californicus*** Millzner, 1924
* ***Centrorhynchus chabaudi*** Golvan, 1958
* ***Centrorhynchus clitorideus*** (Meyer, 1931)
* ***Centrorhynchus conspectus*** Van Cleave and Pratt, 1940
* ***Centrorhynchus crotophagicola*** Schmidt and Neiland, 1966
* ***Centrorhynchus dimorphocephalus*** (Westrumb, 1821)
* ***Centrorhynchus dipsadis*** (Linstow, 1888)
* ***Centrorhynchus elongatus*** Yamaguti, 1935
* ***Centrorhynchus falconis*** (Johnston and Best, 1943)
* ***Centrorhynchus fasciatus*** (Westrumb, 1821)
* ***Centrorhynchus fisheri*** Bhattacharya, 1999
* ***Centrorhynchus freundi*** (Hartwick, 1953)
* ***Centrorhynchus fukiensis*** Wang, 1966

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* *Centrorhynchus galliardi* Golvan, 1956
* *Centrorhynchus gendrei* (Golvan, 1957)
* *Centrorhynchus gibsoni* Khan, Ghazi and Bilqees, 2002
* *Centrorhynchus giganteus* Travassos, 1921
* *Centrorhynchus glaucidii* Wang, 1966
* *Centrorhynchus globocaudatus* (Zeder, 1800)
* *Centrorhynchus golvani* Anantaraman, et al., 1969
* *Centrorhynchus grassei* Golvan, 1965
* *Centrorhynchus guira* Lunaschi and Drago, 2010
* *Centrorhynchus guptai* Golvan, 1969
* *Centrorhynchus hagiangensis* (Petrochenko and Fan, 1969)
* *Centrorhynchus halcyonicola* Smales, 2011
* *Centrorhynchus hartwichi* Golvan, 1994
* *Centrorhynchus horridus* (Linstow, 1897)
* *Centrorhynchus indicus* Golvan, 1956
* *Centrorhynchus insularis* Tubangui, 1833
* *Centrorhynchus itatsinsis* Fukui, 1929
* *Centrorhynchus javanicans* Rengaraju and Das, 1975
* *Centrorhynchus knowlesi* Datta and Soota, 1955
* *Centrorhynchus kuntzi* Schmidt and Neiland, 1966
* *Centrorhynchus latai* Golvan, 1994
* *Centrorhynchus leptorhynchus* Meyer, 1932
* *Centrorhynchus longicephalus* Das, 1950
* *Centrorhynchus lucknowensis* Gupta and Fatma, 1983
* *Centrorhynchus mabuiae* (Linstow, 1908)
* *Centrorhynchus macrorchis* Das, 1949
* *Centrorhynchus madagascariensis* (Golvan, 1957)
* *Centrorhynchus magnus* Fukui, 1929
* *Centrorhynchus mariauxi* Smales, 2011
* *Centrorhynchus merulae* Dolfus and Golvan, 1961
* *Centrorhynchus microcephalus* (Bravo-hollis, 1947)
* *Centrorhynchus migrans* Zuberi and Faroog, 1974
* *Centrorhynchus milvus* Ward, 1956
* *Centrorhynchus mysentri* Gupta and Fatma, 1983
* *Centrorhynchus nahuelhuapensis* Steinauer, Flores and Rauque, 2020

*C. nahuelhuapensis* was found in the intestine of the rufous-legged owl (*Strix rufipes*) in Patagonia, Argentina. The proboscis is armed with 31–33 rows of hooks 16 or 17 hooks per row. The hooks in each row are distributed into 5 true hooks, 4 transitional hooks, and 7–8 spiniform hooks. It has three cement glands. The worm has a filiform body. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted using the small and large ribosomal subunits confirming the placement of this species in the genus Centrorhynchus.

* + *Centrorhynchus narcissae* Florescu, 1942
	+ *Centrorhynchus nicaraguensis* Schmidt and Neiland, 1966
	+ *Centrorhynchus nickoli* Khan, Bilqees and Ghazi, 2001
	+ *Centrorhynchus ninni* (Stossich, 1891)
	+ *Centrorhynchus owli* Bhattacharya, 1999
	+ *Centrorhynchus paramaryasis* Amin, 2013
	+ *Centrorhynchus petrochenkoi* Kuraschvilli, 1955
	+ *Centrorhynchus polemaeti* Troncy, 1970
	+ *Centrorhynchus ptyasus* Gupta, 1950
	+ *Centrorhynchus pycnonoti* Wang, 1986
	+ *Centrorhynchus renardi* (Lindemann, 1865)
	+ *Centrorhynchus robustus* Richardson and Nickol, 1995
	+ *Centrorhynchus sharmai* Gupta and Lata, 1966
	+ *Centrorhynchus sholapurensis* Rengaraju and Das, 1975
	+ *Centrorhynchus sikkimensis* Bhattacharya, 2003
	+ *Centrorhynchus simplex* Meyer, 1932
	+ *Centrorhynchus sindhensis* Khan, Khatoon and Bilqees, 2002
	+ *Centrorhynchus sinicus* Wang, 1966
	+ *Centrorhynchus smyrnensis* Bhattacharya, 2007
	+ *Centrorhynchus spilornae* Schmidt and Kuntz, 1969
	+ *Centrorhynchus spinosus* (Kaiser, 1893)
	+ *Centrorhynchus tumidulus* (Rudolphi, 1819)
	+ *Centrorhynchus tyotensis* Rengaraju and Das, 1975
	+ *Centrorhynchus undulatus* Dollfus, 1951
* *Neolacunisoma* Amin and Canaris, 1997
	+ *Neolacunisoma geraldschmidti* Amin and Canaris, 1997
* *Sphaerirostris* Golvan, 1956
	+ *Sphaerirostris areolatus* (Rudolphi, 1819)
	+ *Sphaerirostris batrachus* (Das, 1952)
	+ *Sphaerirostris bipartitus* (Soloviev, 1912)
	+ *Sphaerirostris cinctus* (Rudolphi, 1819)
	+ *Sphaerirostris corvi* (Fukui, 1929)
	+ *Sphaerirostris dollfusi* Golvan, 1994
	+ *Sphaerirostris embae* (Cholodkowski and Kostylew, 1916)
	+ *Sphaerirostris erraticus* (Chandler, 1925)
	+ *Sphaerirostris globuli* (Nama and Rathore, 1984)
	+ *Sphaerirostris lancea* (Westrumb, 1821)
	+ *Sphaerirostris lanceoides* (Petrochenko, 1949)
	+ *Sphaerirostris leguminosus* (Soloviev, 1912)
	+ *Sphaerirostris lesiniformis* (Molin, 1859)
	+ *Sphaerirostris maryasis* (Datta, 1932)
	+ *Sphaerirostris opimus* (Travassos, 1919)
	+ *Sphaerirostris physocoracis* (Porta, 1913)
	+ *Sphaerirostris picae* (Rudolphi, 1819)
	+ *Sphaerirostris pinguis* (Van Cleave, 1918)
	+ *Sphaerirostris reptans* (Bhalerao, 1931)
	+ *Sphaerirostris robustus* (Datta, 1928)
	+ *Sphaerirostris saxicoloides* (Nama and Rathore, 1984)
	+ *Sphaerirostris scanensis* (Lundström, 1942)
	+ *Sphaerirostris serpenticola* (Linstow, 1908)
	+ *Sphaerirostris skrjabini* (Petrochenko, 1949)
	+ *Sphaerirostris tenuicaudatus* (Marotel, 1889)
	+ *Sphaerirostris turdi* (Yamaguti, 1939)
	+ *Sphaerirostris wertheimae* Schmidt, 1975

## Notes

1. **^** A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the present genus.