Acanthocephalus anguillae
| Acanthocephalus anguillae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| (unranked): | Bilateria |
| Superphylum: | Platyzoa |
| Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
| Class: | Palaeacanthocephala |
| Order: | Echinorhynchida |
| Family: | Echinorhynchidae |
| Genus: | Acanthocephalus |
| Species: | A. anguillae |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthocephalus anguillae (Mueller, 1780)[1] | |
Acanthocephalus anguillae is a species of parasitic worm in the phylum Acanthocephala.[2] An intestinal parasite, it is found both in the Baltic Sea and along the coast of California, where it is often found in the fore- and mid-gut of the Brown and Rainbow trouts.[3][4][5]
References
Notes
- ↑ "Acanthocephalus anguillae (Mueller, 1780)". GBIF.org. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ↑ "Acanthocephalus anguillae (Mueller, 1780)". ITIS. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ↑ Dezfuli, Bahram S.; Biaggi, Sara De (May 2000). "Copulation of Acanthocephalus anguillae (Acanthocephala)". Parasitology Research 86 (6): 524–526. doi:10.1007/s004360050706. Retrieved 11 July 2014 – via Springer Publishing.
- ↑ Love, Milton S.; Moser, Mike (June 1976). "Parasites of California Marine and Estuarine Fish". University of Nebraska–Lincoln. p. 370. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ↑ Gibson, David (21 December 2004). "Acanthocephalus anguillae (Müller, 1780)". WoRMS. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
Further reading
- Taraschewski, Horst (31 May 1988). "Host-parasite interface of fish acanthocephalans. I. Acanthocephalus anguillae (Palaeacanthocephala) in naturally infected fishes: LM and TEM investigations". Diseases of Aquatic Organsims (Inter-Research) 4: 109–119. doi:10.3354/dao004109. Retrieved 11 July 2014.