Eoacanthocephala

Eoacanthocephala is a class of parasitic worms, within the phylum Acanthocephala. They feed on any aquatic cold-blooded creature such as turtles and fish.[2] Their proboscis spines arranged radially, no protonephridia, persistent ligament sacs in female. The only reliable way to identify the group is that they only have one cement gland. This is a primitive characteristic and hence the name. The class contains 2 orders:

Eoacanthocephala
Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) spiramuscularis [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Eoacanthocephala
Van Cleave, 1936

References

  1. Amin, O. A, Heckmann, R. A & Ha, N. V. (2014) Acanthocephalans from fishes and amphibians in Vietnam, with descriptions of five new species. Parasite, 21, 53 doi:10.1051/parasite/2014052PMID 25331738
  2. "Merriam Webster (Dictionary): Eoacanthocephala". Merriam Webster.
  • Robert L. Usinger; Storer. 1951. General Zoology. Sixth edition. McGraw-Hill, Inc. Page-437.


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