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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Classis: Archiacanthocephala
Ordines (4): Apororhynchida - Gigantorhynchida - Moniliformida - Oligacanthorhynchida
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist]

References

Crompton, D.W.T.; Nickol, B.B. 1985: Biology of the Acanthocephala, Cambridge University Press, p. 31. Preview: [1]
Meyer, A. 1931: Neue Acanthocephalen aus dem Berliner Museum. Begründung eines neuen Acanthocephalensystems auf Grund einer Untersuchung der Berliner Sammlung. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematick, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 62: 65-68.
Schmidt, G.D. 1972: Revision of the class Archiacanthocephala Meyer, 1931 (Phylum Acanthocephala), with emphasis on Oligacanthorhynchidae Southwell et MacFie, 1925. Journal of parasitology, 58(2): 290-297. JSTOR
Archiacanthocephala Report on ITIS

links

Gibson, D. (2010). Archiacanthocephala. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147799 on 2011-11-29

Vernacular names
català: Arquiacantocèfal
Deutsch: Archiacanthocephala
English: archiacanthocephalans
español: Archiacanthocephala
français: Archiacanthocephala
hrvatski: Archiacanthocephala
Nederlands: Archiacanthocephala
日本語: 原鉤頭虫綱
polski: Archiacanthocephala
português: Archiacanthocephal

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Archiacanthocephala is a class within the phylum of Acanthocephala [2]. They are microscopic parasitic worms that attach themselves to the intestinal wall of terrestrial vertebrates, including man. They are characterised by the body wall and the lemnisci (which are a bundle of sensory nerve fibers), which have nuclei that divide without spindle formation or the appearance of chromosomes or it has a few amoebae-like giant nuclei. Typically, there are eight separate cement glands in the male which is one of the few ways to distinguish the dorsal and ventrals sides of these organisms.

See also

List of parasites (human)

Notes

^ Meyer 1931, p. 65-68
^ Crompton 1985, p. 31

References

Crompton, David William Thomasson; Nickol, Brent B.: Biology of the Acanthocephala, Cambridge University Press, 1985, p. 31. [1]
Meyer, A.: Neue Acanthocephalen aus dem Berliner Museum. Begründung eines neuen Acanthocephalensystems auf Grund einer Untersuchung der Berliner Sammlung. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematick, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 62, 1931, p. 65-68.

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