Promoniliformis
| Promoniliformis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
| Class: | Archiacanthocephala |
| Order: | Moniliformida |
| Family: | Moniliformidae |
| Genus: | Promoniliformis Dollfus and Golvan, 1963 |
| Species: | P. ovocristatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Promoniliformis ovocristatus (Linstow, 1897)
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Promoniliformis is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms) containing a single species, Promoniliformis ovocristatus, that infests tenrecs in Madagascar. Promoniliformis is characterized by possessing two distinct kinds of proboscis hooks.