Rhadinorhynchus mariserpentis

Rhadinorhynchus mariserpentis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Echinorhynchida
Family: Rhadinorhynchidae
Genus: Rhadinorhynchus
Species:
R. mariserpentis
Binomial name
Rhadinorhynchus mariserpentis
(Steinauer, Garcia-Vedrenne, Weinstein & Kuris, 2019) Huston, Cribb & Smales, 2020
Synonyms
  • Gymnorhadinorhynchus mariserpentis Steinauer, Garcia-Vedrenne, Weinstein & Kuris, 2019

Rhadinorhynchus mariserpentis is a species of parasitic thorny-headed worm within the family Rhadinorhynchidae. The species is a endoparasite of Regalecus russeli, with the type locality coming from an intestine of an individual collected in the Sea of Japan off the coasts of northern Kyushu.