Acanthocephala


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Noun1.Acanthocephala - phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed wormsAcanthocephala - phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms
phylum 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
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acanthocéphale
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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
Checklist of Platyhelminthes, Acanthocephala, Nematoda, and Arthropoda parasitizing penguins of the world.
Gastrointestinal helminths of wild Humboldt penguins Spheniscus humboldti (Meyen, 1834) from the south-central coast of Chile
Classification of the Acanthocephala. Folia Parasitologica 60: 273-305.
Algunos helmintos parasitos de la gaviota peruana (Larus belcheri)
Taxonomic group Parasites Prevalence (%) Acanthocephala Echinorhynchus briconi Machado 2.88 Filho, 1959 Octospiniferoides incognita Schmidt 1.92 & Hugghins, 1973 Octospiniferoides sp.
Metazoan endoparasites of Brycon orbignyanus (Characidae: Bryconinae) in a neotropical floodplain
Acanthocephala from lake fishes in Wisconsin: host and seasonal distribution of species of genus Neoechinorhynchus Hamann, 1892.
Prevalence of helminth parasites in fishes (Salmo trutta and Schizothorax plagiostomus) in India
Cause of death was determined to be peritonitis due to perforations of the intestine by a large quantity of acanthocephala (Profilicollis [=Polymorphus] altmani).
Mass mortality attributed to acanthocephaliasis at a gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) colony in coastal California, USA
(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
They are hosts to larval parasites (Acanthocephala and Trematoda) that mature to adults in the intestines of birds, although the health consequences to the hosts are unknown (Lafferty and others 2013).
UNUSUAL FORAGING BEHAVIOR BY SURF SCOTERS (MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA) IN THE SWASH ZONE
Larval and adult platyhelminths and Acanthocephala were fixed in alcohol-formalin-acetic acid (AFA), stained with acetic carmine, and mounted in Canada balsam.
TEMPORAL OCCURRENCE OF THE METACERCARIA OF POSTHODIPLOSTOMUM MINIMUM (TREMATODA : STRIGEIDAE) AND OTHER PARASITIC HELMINTHS OF BLUEGILL (CENTRARCHIDAE: LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS) IN A EUTROPHIC MEANDER SCAR LAKE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
Studies on Acanthocephalus jacksoni Bullock, 1962 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae).
Temperature-related intraspecific variability in the behavioral manipulation of acanthocephalan parasites on their gammarid hosts
This new species of Acanthocephala is characterized by a spinous slender body with a reticular lacunar system.
SPHAERIROSTRIS WINDERI N. SP. (ACANTHOCEPHALA: CENTRORHYNCHIDAE) FROM THE HOUSE CROW (CORVUS SPLENDENS: VIEILLOT) (AVES: CORVIDAE) OF BALOCHISTAN PAKISTAN

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