Isthomosacanthidae
# Isthomosacanthidae

Isthomosacanthidae is a family of parasitic spiny-headed (or thorny-headed) worms.

## Species

Isthomosacanthidae contains the following genera and species:

Golvanorhynchus Noronha, Fabio & Pinto, 1978

* Golvanorhynchus golvani Noronha, Fabio & Magalhaes, 1978

G. golvani was found parasitizing the Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias).

Gorgorhynchoides Cable and Linderoth, 1963

* Gorgorhynchoides bullocki Cable and Mafarachisi, 1970
* Gorgorhynchoides cablei (Gupta and Fatma, 1987)
* Gorgorhynchoides cribbi Smales, 2014
* Gorgorhynchoides elongatus Cable and Linderoth, 1963
* Gorgorhynchoides epinepheli Wang, 1986
* Gorgorhynchoides gnathanodontos Smales, 2014
* Gorgorhynchoides golvani (Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao and Shyamasundari, 1984)
* Gorgorhynchoides indicus Bhattacharya and Banerjee, 2003
* Gorgorhynchoides lintoni Cable and Mafarachisi, 1970
* Gorgorhynchoides orientalis (Wang, 1966)
* Gorgorhynchoides queenslandensis Smales, 2014
* Gorgorhynchoides valiyathurae (Nadakal, John and Jacob, 1990)

Serrasentis Van Cleave, 1923

* Serrasentis engraulisi Gupta & Gupta, 1980
* Serrasentis fotedari Gupta & Fatma, 1980
* Serrasentis golvani Gupta & Kumar, 1987
* Serrasentis lamelliger (Diesing, 1854)
* Serrasentis manazo Bilqees & Khan, 2005
* Serrasentis mujibi Bilqees, 1972
* Serrasentis nadakali George & Nadakal, 1978
* Serrasentis niger Kahatoon and Bilqees, 2007
* Serrasentis psenesi Gupta & Gupta, 1980
* Serrasentis sagittifer (Linton, 1889)
* Serrasentis sauridae Surekha and Vijayalakshmi, 2006
* Serrasentis sciaenus Bilqees, 1972
* Serrasentis sidaroszakaio Tadros, Iskandar & Wassef, 1979

## Hosts

Isthomosacanthidae species parasitize fish hosts.

* Hosts for Diplosentidae species
* Golvanorhynchus golvani was found parasitizing the Atlantic chub mackerel
