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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Platyzoa
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Classis: Archiacanthocephala
Ordo: Moniliformida
Familiae (1): Moniliformidae
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist]

References

Crompton, D.W.T.; Nickol, B.B. 1985: Biology of the Acanthocephala, Cambridge University Press, p. 33. Preview: [1]
Moniliformida Schmidt, 1972 Report on ITIS

Moniliformida is an order containing a single family, Moniliformidae, of microscopic parasitic worms that attach themselves to the intestinal wall of terrestrial vertebrates
References

Schmidt, G.D.; Edmonds, S.J. 1989: Australiformis semoni (Linstow, 1898) n. gen., n. comb. (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) from marsupials of Australia and New Guinea. Journal of parasitology, 75(2): 215-217. ISSN: 0022-3395 JSTOR
Singleton, J.; Richardson, D.J.; Lockhart, J.M. 1993: Severe moniliformiasis (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) in a gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, from Arkansas, USA. Journal of wildlife diseases, 29(1): 165-168. abstract and pdf

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