This genus resembles species in the genus Mediorhynchus but is characterized by infesting a mammal instead of birds, having a simple proboscis receptacle that is completely suspended within the proboscis, the passage of the retractor muscles through the receptacle into the body cavity posteriorly, absence of a neck, presence of a parareceptacle structure, and a uterine vesicle.

I. sanghae has been found in Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas in the extreme southwest part of the Central African Republic.

An individual's body consists of a long, thin trunk and a tubular feeding and sucking organ called the proboscis which is covered with hooks.

The genus and species Intraproboscis sanghae was formally described in 2021 by Amin, Heckmann, Sist, and Basso, from specimens (four females and zero males) extracted post-mortem from a 5-year-old black-bellied pangolin.

[1][2] Macracanthorhynchus ingens Oncicola venezuelensis Oligacanthorhynchus tortuosa Nephridiacanthus major Moniliformis moniliformis Mediorhynchus grandis Gigantorhynchus echinodiscus Intraproboscis sanghae Intraproboscis sanghae consists of a proboscis, proboscis receptacle, and a long and narrow trunk that lacks spines and shows noticeable pseudosegmentation (false divisions resembling segments).

[1] The proboscis (a tubular organ for attachment to the host's intestinal wall) is shaped like a truncated cone (flat at the top and tapering down), cylindrical at the front and cone-shaped at the back.

The lemnisci (bundles of sensory nerve fibers) are long, flat, and wide, located at the front of the body within the posterior proboscis, and contain 8 or 9 large nuclei.

[1] The reproductive system is compact but well-developed, with a round uterine vesicle (a sac involved in egg storage and transport containing one anterior and two lateral lobes, 387μm long by 322μm wide and are encircled by complex uterine tubules system) connected to a tubular structure, a large uterine bell (a funnel like opening continuous with the uterus for directing eggs) without noticeable glands, and a terminal gonopore (external opening for reproductive discharge).

[6] I. sanghae has been found in Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas, the type locality, located in the extreme southwest part of the Central African Republic.

[9] Once inside the intermediate host, the acanthor sheds its outer layer in a process called molting, transitioning into its next stage, the acanthella.

[8] I. sanghae parasitizes the long-tailed pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla), the type host, by using their proboscis hooks to pierce and hold the wall of the intestines.