phylum Acanthocephala

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phylum Acanthocephala - phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms

Acanthocephala

animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

acanthocephalan, spiny-headed worm - any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines

phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes

References in periodicals archive

Few studies have addressed the Phylum Acanthocephala. Acathocephalans are a group of intestinal parasites with wide geographic distribution and approximately 1,300 species (Amin, 2013).

Variation in the prevalence and abundance of acanthocephalans in brown-nosed coatis Nasua nasua and crab-eating foxes Cerdocyon thous in the Brazilian Pantanal/Variacao na prevalencia e na abundancia do parasitismo de acantocefalos em dois carnivoros silvestres do Pantanal brasileiro

(2) 1/3 (33.3%; 6.8-80.6%) Strongyles (Suborder Rhabditina) 7/14 (50%; 26.6-73.4%) Unidentified acanthocephalan 1/14 (Phylum Acanthocephala) (7.1%; 1.7-31.9%) Trapped possums (no.

Parasitic infections of brushtail possums Trichosurus vulpecula in urbanised environments and bushland in the greater Perth region, Western Australia

Six robins had parasites of the phylum Acanthocephala. We found parasites of the genus Capillaria in five robins and in one robin we found Hymenolepis (spp.).

Mass death of wintering American Robins (Turdus migratorius) in Decatur, Illinois

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