Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Main Groups of Protostomes   Acanthocephala

<==o ACANTHOCEPHALA (väkäkärsämadot)
   |--o ARCHIACANTHOCEPHALA
   |  |--o OLIGACANTHORHYNCHIDA
   |  |  `-- Oligacanthorhynchidae*
   |  |--o GIGANTORHYNCHIDA
   |  |  |-- Gigantorhynchidae*
   |  |  `-- Leiperacanthidae
   |  |--o MONILIFORMIDA
   |  |  `-- Moniliformidae*
   |  `--o APORORHYNCHIDA [Sphenacanthocephala, Apororhynchata]
   |     `-- Apororhynchidae*
   |--o EOACANTHOCEPHALA
   |  |--o CYRACANTHOCEPHALA
   |  |  |-- Quadrigyridae* [Acanthogyridae]
   |  |  `-- Pallisentidae
   |  `--o NEOECHINORHYNCHIDA
   |     |-- Neoechinorhynchidae [Hebesomidae, Hebesomatidae]
   |     |-- Tenuisentidae
   |     `-- Dendronucleatidae
   `--o PALAEACANTHOCEPHALA
      |--o ECHINORHYNCHIDA
      |  |-- Diplosentidae
      |  |-- Heteracanthocephalidae
      |  |-- Illiosentidae
      |  |-- Rhadinorhynchidae [Gorgorhynchidae]
      |  |-- Micracanthorhynchinidae
      |  |-- Arythmacanthidae
      |  |-- Hypoechinorhynchidae
      |  |-- Pomphorhynchidae
      |  |-- Echinorhynchidae
      |  |-- Fessisentidae
      |  `-- Cavisomatidae [Cavisomidae]
      `--o POLYMORPHIDA
         |-- Centrorhynchidae
         |-- Plagiorhynchidae
         `-- Polymorphidae [Filicollidae]

Reference(s):

Parker, S. P. (ed.), 1982: Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Vols. 1 & 2
–McGrew-Hill Book Company

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