Palaeacanthocephala
Sign in to savethumb|Two paleoacanthocephalans, Heterosentis mongcai Amin, Heckmann & Ha, 2014 and Filisoma indicum Van Cleave, 1928
Species
古鉤頭虫綱
CLASS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAcanthocephala
- ClassPalaeacanthocephala
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Costa Rica, Thailand, Puerto Rico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Acanthocephala
- Image
- Acanthocephala Rhadinorhynchus 2.jpg
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- taxon common name
- 古鉤頭虫綱
- Commons category
- Palaeacanthocephala
- taxon rank
- class
- taxon name
- Palaeacanthocephala
- topic's main category
- Category:Palaeacanthocephala
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|Two paleoacanthocephalans, Heterosentis mongcai Amin, Heckmann & Ha, 2014 and Filisoma indicum Van Cleave, 1928
Palaeacanthocephala ("ancient thornheads") is a class within the phylum Acanthocephala. The adults of these parasitic platyzoans feed mainly on fish, aquatic birds and mammals. This order is characterized by the presence of lateral longitudinal lacunar canals and a double-walled proboscis receptacle. The nuclei of the hypodermis (outer layer of skin) are fragmented and the males have two to seven cement glands, unlike their relatives the Archiacanthocephala, which always have eight.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palaeacanthocephala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.