Moniliformida

Moniliformida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
(unranked):	Bilateria
Superphylum:	Platyzoa
Phylum:	Acanthocephala Kohlreuther, 1771
Class:	Archiacanthocephala
Order:	Moniliformida
Family:	Moniliformidae
Genera
Australiformis Moniliformis Promoniliformis

Moniliformida is an order containing a single family, Moniliformidae, of microscopic parasitic worms that attach themselves to the intestinal wall of terrestrial vertebrates

References

• Schmidt, G.D.; Edmonds, S.J. 1989: Australiformis semoni (Linstow, 1898) n. gen., n. comb. (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) from marsupials of Australia and New Guinea. Journal of parasitology, 75(2): 215-217. ISSN: 0022-3395 JSTOR
• Singleton, J.; Richardson, D.J.; Lockhart, J.M. 1993: Severe moniliformiasis (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) in a gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, from Arkansas, USA. Journal of wildlife diseases, 29(1): 165-168. abstract and pdf