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Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Acanthocephala

Preferred term

Acanthocephala  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A phylum of parasitic worms, closely related to tapeworms and containing two genera: Moniliformis, which sometimes infects man, and Macracanthorhynchus, which infects swine.

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Entry terms

  • Thorny-Headed Worms
  • txid10232

In other languages

  • French

  • Acanthocéphales
  • txid10232
  • Vers à tête épineuse

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