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Taxonomy of Subclass Pentastomida Diesing, 1836
Linguatulides, Pentastomes, Tongue Worm, Tongue worms, tongueworms


Class
 
Maxillopoda
Dahl, 1956
Maxillopods
424
4048
32168
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pentastomida
Diesing, 1836
Linguatulides, Pentastomes, Tongue Worm, Tongue worms
12
68
224
Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Pentastomida Diesing, 1836
OrderCephalobaenida
Heymons, 1935
2
5
58
Families
Genera
Species
OrderPorocephalida
Heymons, 1935
9
53
132
Families
Genera
Species
OrderRaillietiellida
Almeida & Christoffersen, 1999
1
5
5
Family
Genera
Species
OrderReighardiida
Almeida & Christoffersen, 1999
0
0
0
Families
Genera
Species
GenusAengapentastomum
Waloszek, Repetski & Maas, 2006
1Species
GenusBoeckelericambria
Walossek & Müller, 1994
0Species
GenusHaffnericambria
Walossek & Müller, 1994
0Species
GenusHeymonsicambria
Walossek & Müller, 1994
0Species
GenusPentastomum
Creplin, 1829
  ⇒ Porocephalus
28Species

Synonyms
Acanthotheca (Diesign, 1835)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Pentastomida
GermanZungenwürmer
EnglishLinguatulides, Pentastomes, Tongue Worm, Tongue worms, Tongueworms
DutchTongwormen
SwedishTungmaskar
FinnishMatoäyriäiset


Distribution and Species lists of Pentastomida Diesing, 1836
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Argentina
1 Family  1 Genus  0 Species
Australia
7 Families  12 Genera  26 Species
Bangladesh
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Brazil
4 Families  4 Genera  6 Species
Canada
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Chile
0 Families  0 Genera  0 Species
China
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Colombia
3 Families  3 Genera  2 Species
Costa Rica
2 Families  3 Genera  3 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 Families  3 Genera  2 Species
Dominica
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Ecuador
1 Families  2 Genera  3 Species
Finland
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Georgia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Germany
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Ghana
3 Families  3 Genera  0 Species
Grenada
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Guyana
1 Family  1 Genus  0 Species
Honduras
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
India
3 Families  3 Genera  3 Species
Indonesia
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Italy
3 Families  3 Genera  2 Species
Japan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Kenya
3 Families  3 Genera  5 Species
Liberia
3 Families  3 Genera  3 Species
Madagascar
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Malawi
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Malaysia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Mexico
5 Families  5 Genera  5 Species
Micronesia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Namibia
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Netherlands
4 Families  4 Genera  5 Species
Nicaragua
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Nigeria
1 Family  1 Genus  0 Species
Norway
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Pakistan
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Palau
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Panama
3 Families  4 Genera  4 Species
Papua New Guinea
3 Families  4 Genera  2 Species
Paraguay
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Philippines
5 Families  6 Genera  5 Species
Republic South Africa
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Russia
2 Families  2 Genera  1 Species
Singapore
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Solomon Islands
4 Families  4 Genera  4 Species
South Korea
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Sudan
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Suriname
1 Family  1 Genus  0 Species
Sweden
3 Families  4 Genera  4 Species
Taiwan
3 Families  3 Genera  5 Species
Tanzania
2 Families  2 Genera  1 Species
Thailand
2 Families  2 Genera  1 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Uganda
3 Families  3 Genera  1 Species
United Kingdom
2 Families  2 Genera  0 Species
USA
7 Families  11 Genera  24 Species
Venezuela
1 Family  1 Genus  0 Species


Distribution on islands


Links, sources and further information
Pentastomida at artfakta.se
Pentastomida at dyntaxa.se
Pentastomida at irmng.org
Pentastomida at itis.gov
Pentastomida at marinespecies.org