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Acanthocephala

Acanthocephala /əˌkænθoʊˈsɛfələ/ (Greek ἄκανθος, akanthos 'thorn' + κεφαλή, kephale 'head') is a group of parasitic worms known as acanthocephalans, thorny-headed worms, or spiny-headed worms, characterized by the presence of an eversible proboscis, armed with spines, which it uses to pierce and hold the gut wall of its host. Acanthocephalans have…

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related to Further reading · 32
Acanthocephala → Altered, Amin, Bizarre World, Carl, December, Echinorhynchen, Ergebnisse, Forschung, Frank Cézilly, Free Press, Geschichte, Inside, ISBN, Journal, JSTOR, Key, Luke, Lühe, Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot, Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
related to Human infections · 12
Acanthocephala → Although, BC, Lambl, Lindemann, Macracanthorhynchus, Moniliformis, Prague, Russia, Schneider, The, This, Utah
related to Reproduction · 10
Acanthocephala → After, At, Each, From, Immature, In, The, The Acanthocephala, There, These
related to Release · 9
Acanthocephala → Adult, Embryos, For, Having, Inside, It, The, This, When
related to history · 8
Acanthocephala → Echinorhynchus, Francesco Redi, In, Italian, Joseph Koelreuter, Karl Rudolphi, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, The
related to Skin · 8
Acanthocephala → Each, Except, Externally, From, In, Inside, The, They
has effect · 6
Acanthocephala → Heavy, In, Polymorphus, Recent, Somateria, The
related to Digestion · 4
Acanthocephala → Acanthocephalans, Adult, The, This
related to Phylogeny · 4
Acanthocephala → Acanthocephalans, Eurotatoria, Seisonidea, This
related to Proboscis · 4
Acanthocephala → Like, The, Their, Traversing

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proboscis host acanthocephalans life body cavity two species known hosts found first also crustacean polymorphus gut one infection group worms

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Acanthocephalacausesthe disease acanthocephaliasis in humans0.90text
Acanthocephalais apresence of an anterior0.90text
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Acanthocephalarelated to DigestionAcanthocephalans0.60section
Acanthocephalarelated to DigestionThis0.60section
Acanthocephalarelated to DigestionAdult0.60section
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