Eoacanthocephala

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iEoacanthocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Superphylum: Platyzoa
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Van Cleve, 1936
Class: Eoacanthocephala
Orders

Gyracanthocephala
Neoechinorhynchida

Eoacanthocephala is a class within the phylum Acanthocephala. They feed on any aquatic cold-blooded creature such as turtles and fish. 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.

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