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Acanthocephala, the Glossary

Acanthocephala (Greek ἄκανθος, akanthos 'thorn' + κεφαλή, kephale 'head') is a group of parasitic worms known as acanthocephalans, thorny-headed worms, or spiny-headed worms, characterized by the presence of an eversible proboscis, armed with spines, which it uses to pierce and hold the gut wall of its host.^[1]

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Acanthocephalans
Mind-altering parasites
Protostome phyla
Suicide-inducing parasitism
Taxa named by Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter
Veterinary parasitology

Acanthocephaliasis

Acanthocephaliasis is a human disease caused by parasitic worms in the phylum Acanthocephala.

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Allen Press

Allen Press was a printer and publisher of scientific, academic and scholarly journals as well as commercial trade publications.

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American Society of Parasitologists

Founded in 1924, the American Society of Parasitologists comprises a diverse group of about 700 scientists from academia, industry, and government involved in the study and teaching of the scientific discipline of parasitology.

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Amoeba

An amoeba (less commonly spelled ameba or amœba;: amoebas (less commonly, amebas) or amoebae (amebae)), often called an amoeboid, is a type of cell or unicellular organism with the ability to alter its shape, primarily by extending and retracting pseudopods.

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Amphibian

Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.

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Anatomical terms of location

Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans.

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Archiacanthocephala

Archiacanthocephala is a class within the phylum of Acanthocephala. Acanthocephala and Archiacanthocephala are Acanthocephalans.

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Arthropod

Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda.

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Bauru Group

The Bauru Group is a geological group of the Bauru Sub-basin, Paraná Basin in Minas Gerais, São Paulo, General Salgado, Itapecuru-Mirim, Mato Grosso, Brazil whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous.

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Bdelloidea

Bdelloidea (Greek βδέλλα, bdella, "leech") is a class of rotifers found in freshwater habitats all over the world.

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Biological life cycle

In biology, a biological life cycle (or just life cycle when the biological context is clear) is a series of stages of the life of an organism, that begins as a zygote, often in an egg, and concludes as an adult that reproduces, producing an offspring in the form of a new zygote which then itself goes through the same series of stages, the process repeating in a cyclic fashion.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Cell nucleus

The cell nucleus (nuclei) is a membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells.

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Cell wall

A cell wall is a structural layer that surrounds some cell types, found immediately outside the cell membrane.

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Cestoda

Cestoda is a class of parasitic worms in the flatworm phylum (Platyhelminthes).

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Clade

In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.

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Cladogram

A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.

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Coprolite

A coprolite (also known as a coprolith) is fossilized feces.

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Crocodyliformes

Crocodyliformes is a clade of crurotarsan archosaurs, the group often traditionally referred to as "crocodilians".

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Crustacean

Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea, a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp.

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Digenea

Digenea (Gr. Dis – double, Genos – race) is a class of trematodes in the Platyhelminthes phylum, consisting of parasitic flatworms (known as flukes) with a syncytial tegument and, usually, two suckers, one ventral and one oral.

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Digestion

Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food compounds into small water-soluble components so that they can be absorbed into the blood plasma.

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Dioecy

Dioecy (adj. dioecious) is a characteristic of certain species that have distinct unisexual individuals, each producing either male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants).

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Diverticulum

In medicine or biology, a diverticulum is an outpouching of a hollow (or a fluid-filled) structure in the body.

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Egg cell

The egg cell or ovum (ova) is the female reproductive cell, or gamete, in most anisogamous organisms (organisms that reproduce sexually with a larger, female gamete and a smaller, male one).

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Eider

The eiders are large seaducks in the genus Somateria.

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Embryo

An embryo is the initial stage of development for a multicellular organism.

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Endothelium

The endothelium (endothelia) is a single layer of squamous endothelial cells that line the interior surface of blood vessels and lymphatic vessels.

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Eoacanthocephala

Eoacanthocephala is a class of parasitic worms, within the phylum Acanthocephala. Acanthocephala and Eoacanthocephala are Acanthocephalans.

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Epithelium

Epithelium or epithelial tissue is a thin, continuous, protective layer of compactly packed cells with little extracellular matrix.

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Eurotatoria

Eurotatoria is a superclass of rotifers.

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Feces

Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.

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Fertilisation

Fertilisation or fertilization (see spelling differences), also known as generative fertilisation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to give rise to a zygote and initiate its development into a new individual organism or offspring.

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Flame cell

A flame cell is a specialized excretory cell found in simple invertebrates, including flatworms (Platyhelminthes), rotifers and nemerteans; these are the simplest animals to have a dedicated excretory system.

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Francesco Redi

Francesco Redi (18 February 1626 – 1 March 1697) was an Italian physician, naturalist, biologist, and poet.

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Gammarus lacustris

Gammarus lacustris is an aquatic amphipod.

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Ganglion

A ganglion (ganglia) is a group of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system.

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Gastrointestinal tract

The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.

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Genome

In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is all the genetic information of an organism.

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Gnathifera (clade)

Gnathifera (from the Greek gnáthos, “jaw”, and the Latin -fera, “bearing”) is a clade of generally small spiralians characterized by complex jaws made of chitin.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Host (biology)

In biology and medicine, a host is a larger organism that harbours a smaller organism; whether a parasitic, a mutualistic, or a commensalist guest (symbiont).

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Invertebrate

Invertebrates is an umbrella term describing animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column (commonly known as a spine or backbone), which evolved from the notochord.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter

Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter (27 April 1733 – 11 November 1806), also spelled Koelreuter or Kohlreuter, was a German botanist who pioneered the study of plant fertilization, hybridization and was the first to detect self-incompatibility.

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Karl Rudolphi

Karl Asmund Rudolphi (14 July 1771 – 29 November 1832) was a Swedish-born German naturalist, who is credited with being the "father of helminthology".

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Larva

A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale.

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Lobster

Lobsters are malacostracans of the family Nephropidae (synonym Homaridae).

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Macracanthorhynchus

Macracanthorhynchus, also known as the giant thorny-headed worm of swine, is a member of the Oligacanthorhynchidae which contains four species.

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks. Acanthocephala and mollusca are Protostome phyla.

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Moniliformis

Moniliformis is a genus of parasitic worms in the Acanthocephala phylum.

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Moniliformis moniliformis

Moniliformis moniliformis is a parasite of the Acanthocephala phylum in the family Moniliformidae.

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Monogenea

Monogeneans, members of the class Monogenea, are a group of ectoparasitic flatworms commonly found on the skin, gills, or fins of fish.

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Monogononta

Monogononta is a class of rotifers, found mostly in freshwater but also in soil and marine environments.

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Morphogenesis

Morphogenesis (from the Greek morphê shape and genesis creation, literally "the generation of form") is the biological process that causes a cell, tissue or organism to develop its shape.

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Muscle

Muscle is a soft tissue, one of the four basic types of animal tissue.

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Nematode

The nematodes (or; Νηματώδη; Nematoda), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda.

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Ovary

The ovary is a gonad in the female reproductive system that produces ova.

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Oviduct

The oviduct in vertebrates is the passageway from an ovary.

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Palaeacanthocephala

Palaeacanthocephala ("ancient thornheads") is a class within the phylum Acanthocephala. Acanthocephala and Palaeacanthocephala are Acanthocephalans.

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Parasite Rex

Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures is a nonfiction book by Carl Zimmer that was published by Free Press in 2000.

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Parasitic worm

Parasitic worms, also known as helminths, are large macroparasites; adults can generally be seen with the naked eye.

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Pathogen

In biology, a pathogen (πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and -γενής, "producer of"), in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease.

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Penis

A penis (penises or penes) is a male sex organ that is used to inseminate female or hermaphrodite animals during copulation.

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Peptic ulcer disease

Peptic ulcer disease is a break in the inner lining of the stomach, the first part of the small intestine, or sometimes the lower esophagus.

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Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller

Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (25 April 1725 – 5 January 1776) was a German zoologist.

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Phylogenetic tree

A phylogenetic tree, phylogeny or evolutionary tree is a graphical representation which shows the evolutionary history between a set of species or taxa during a specific time.

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Phylum

In biology, a phylum (phyla) is a level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.

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Polyacanthorhynchus

Polyacanthorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms from the (phylum Acanthocephala). Acanthocephala and Polyacanthorhynchus are Acanthocephalans.

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Polymorphus

Polymorphus is a genus of parasitic worms from the phylum Acanthocephala.

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Polyploidy

Polyploidy is a condition in which the cells of an organism have more than one pair of (homologous) chromosomes.

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Prague

Prague (Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia.

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Proboscis

A proboscis is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society

Proceedings of the Royal Society is the main research journal of the Royal Society.

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Ribosome

Ribosomes are macromolecular machines, found within all cells, that perform biological protein synthesis (messenger RNA translation).

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Rotifer

The rotifers (from the Latin rota, "wheel", and -fer, "bearing"), commonly called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera) of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Scoter

The scoters are stocky seaducks in the genus Melanitta.

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Seabird

Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment.

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Seisonidae

Seisonidae is a family of rotifers, found on the gills of Nebalia, a marine crustacean.

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Serotonin

Serotonin or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a monoamine neurotransmitter.

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Sex organ

A sex organ, also known as a reproductive organ, is a part of an organism that is involved in sexual reproduction.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Syncytium

A syncytium (syncytia; from Greek: σύν syn "together" and κύτος kytos "box, i.e. cell") or symplasm is a multinucleate cell that can result from multiple cell fusions of uninuclear cells (i.e., cells with a single nucleus), in contrast to a coenocyte, which can result from multiple nuclear divisions without accompanying cytokinesis.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthocephala

Also known as Acamthocephala, Acanthocephalan, Acanthocephalan Worms, Acanthocephalans, Spiny headed worm, Spiny-headed worm, Thorny-headed worm.

, Mammal, Mollusca, Moniliformis, Moniliformis moniliformis, Monogenea, Monogononta, Morphogenesis, Muscle, Nematode, Ovary, Oviduct, Palaeacanthocephala, Parasite Rex, Parasitic worm, Pathogen, Penis, Peptic ulcer disease, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Phylogenetic tree, Phylum, Polyacanthorhynchus, Polymorphus, Polyploidy, Prague, Proboscis, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Ribosome, Rotifer, Russia, Scoter, Seabird, Seisonidae, Serotonin, Sex organ, Species, Syncytium, Syndermata, Tegument (helminth), Testicle, Tubule, Utah, Uterus, Vagina, Vas deferens, Vilém Dušan Lambl.

Acanthocephala, the Glossary

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See also

Acanthocephalans

Mind-altering parasites

Protostome phyla

Suicide-inducing parasitism

Taxa named by Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter

Veterinary parasitology

References