- 'thorn' + κεφαλή,
kephale 'head') is a
group of
parasitic worms known as
acanthocephalans, thorny-headed worms, or spiny-headed worms,
characterized by the presence...
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Acanthocephalus anguillae (Mueller, 1780),[citation needed] a fish parasite.
Acanthocephalans are also
found in
humans and primates,
causing a
common zoonotic infection...
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Acanthodelta is a
genus of
acanthocephalan. The
National Center for
Biotechnology Information does not
indicate that any
phylogenetic analysis has been...
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Heptamegacanthus is a
genus of
acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed
parasitic worms)
containing a
single species,
Heptamegacanthus niekerki...
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Pyriproboscis is a
monotypic genus of
acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed
parasitic worms). It is the only
genus in the
family Pyriprobosicidae...
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Rhadinorhynchoides is a
monotypic genus of
acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed
parasitic worms)
containing a
single species, Rhadinorhynchoides...
- luscinia). It has a frog-like
alarm call. The bird is a host of the
acanthocephalan intestinal parasite Apororhynchus silesiacus. The
common nightingale...
- cystine). A
maned wolf from
Texas was
found to be a host of an
intestinal acanthocephalan worm,
Pachysentis canicola. The
maned wolf parti****tes in symbiotic...
- dead sea
otters indicate diseases,
particularly Toxoplasma gondii and
acanthocephalan parasite infections, are
major causes of sea
otter mortality in California...
- parasites,
Haplorchis vagabundi, have been
found in
their intestines. An
acanthocephalan parasite Centrorhynchus lancea is also known. A
species of
quill mite...
