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point to them
being highly-derived crustaceans.
About 130
species of
pentastomids are known; all are
obligate parasites with
correspondingly degenerate...
- and feed on
their blood or mucus. D.
Walossek & K. J. Müller (1994). "
Pentastomid parasites from the
Lower Palaeozoic of Sweden".
Transactions of the Royal...
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include trematodes (all
except schistosomes), cestodes, acanthocephalans,
pentastomids, many roundworms, and many
protozoa such as Toxoplasma. They have complex...
- and bradoriids,
alongside priapulid larvae such as
Inuitiphlaskus and
pentastomids like Dietericambria.
Earth sciences portal Paleontology portal List of...
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Aengapentastomum is a
Cambrian genus of
pentastomid from the
Orsten of Sweden,
containing one species,
Aengapentastomum andresi.
Aengapentastomum is roughly...
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Trilobitomorpha A L L L L L L
Chelicerata x C P L L L L Ci
Crustacea A A Mnd Mx Mx L L L L L
Tracheata A x Mnd Mx Mx L L L L =
acron = segments...
- time,
fossils of
tardigrades ("water bears") and
apparently free-living
pentastomids have been found. The
Cambrian strata consist of alum
shales with limestone...
- parasites, and by at
least 20
different species of parasites,
including lung
pentastomids,
gastric nematodes,
intestinal helminths. When
compared to
American alligators...
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Boeckelericambria is a
Cambrian genus of
pentastomid from the
Orsten of Sweden,
containing one species,
Boeckelericambria pelturae. Boeckelericambria...
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extinct genus of
Cambrian pentastomids from the
Henson Gletscher Formation of Greenland. It is the
oldest known pentastomid,
being at
least 15 million...
