Mediorhynchus mattei

Mediorhynchus mattei is a species of acanthocephalan, a parasitic worm, found in the digestive tract of a bird, the northern red-billed hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus. Male worms are 2-3 cm in length, females are 3-11 cm in length.[1] It was described in 1982; its name honours French zoologist Xavier Mattei.[1]

Mediorhynchus mattei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Archiacanthocephala
Order: Gigantorhynchida
Family: Gigantorhynchidae
Genus: Mediorhynchus
Species:
M. mattei
Binomial name
Mediorhynchus mattei
Marchand and Vassiliadès, 1982

Hosts and localities

The northern red-billed hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus is the type-host of Mediorhynchus mattei

The northern red-billed hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus is the type-host of Mediorhynchus mattei. The parasite was described from specimens found in Senegal.

References

Marchand, Bernard (1984). "A Comparative ultrastructural study of the shell surrounding UL the mature acanthor larvae of 13 acanthocephalan species". Journal of Parasitology. 70 (6): 886–901. doi:10.2307/3281634. JSTOR 3281634.


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