Prosthenorchis
Sign in to saveProsthenorchis is a genus of parasitic worms belonging to the family Oligacanthorhynchidae. Prosthenorchis have a trunk up to 50 mm long, a proboscis that is not ornate with three barbed hooks in each of 12 rows. They have complex hook roots with large manubria, and a small discoid posterior hook base. There are up to 23 festoons. Gonopore is subterminal. The primary host are primates in South America and Felidae in Africa with cockroaches and beetles as intermediate hosts.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAcanthocephala
- ClassArchiacanthocephala
- OrderOligacanthorhynchida
- FamilyOligacanthorhynchidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- Family
- Oligacanthorhynchidae
- Collections
- USNM, CMN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Zimbabwe, Canada, Panama
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Oligacanthorhynchidae
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- taxon name
- Prosthenorchis
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- Taxonomy
- Description
- Species
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Notes
- References
Prosthenorchis is a genus of parasitic worms belonging to the family Oligacanthorhynchidae. Prosthenorchis have a trunk up to 50 mm long, a proboscis that is not ornate with three barbed hooks in each of 12 rows. They have complex hook roots with large manubria, and a small discoid posterior hook base. There are up to 23 festoons. Gonopore is subterminal. The primary host are primates in South America and Felidae in Africa with cockroaches and beetles as intermediate hosts.
==Taxonomy== Phylogenetic analysis had been performed on P.elegans. ==Description== Prosthenorchis consists of a proboscis covered in hooks and a trunk. ==Species== THere are five species in the genus Prosthenorchis. Prosthenorchis cerdocyonis
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