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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
| Class: | Palaeacanthocephala |
| Order: | Echinorhynchida |
| Family: | Transvenidae Pichelin & Cribb, 2001[1] |
Transvenidae is a family of parasitic spiny-headed (or thorny-headed) worms in the order Echinorhynchida. This family contains three species divided into two genera.
- ^ Pichelin, S.; Cribb, T. (2001). "The status of the Diplosentidae (Acanthocephala: Palaeacanthocephala) and a new family of acanthocephalans from Australian wrasses (Pisces: Labridae)". Folia Parasitologica. 48 (4): 289–303. doi:10.14411/fp.2001.047. PMID 11817452.