A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a fossil acanthocephalan, Juracanthocephalus, from the 160-million-year-old ...
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Acanthocephalans, commonly known as thorny‐headed worms, represent a diverse group of endoparasites that inhabit a range of hosts across both freshwater and marine environments. These organisms are ...
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Internal and external anatomy: Anterior end showing the syncytial giant nucleus. Anatomie interne et externe: Extrémité antérieure montrant le noyau géant syncytial. acanthocephalan or thorny-headed ...
- any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines ...
A fossil acanthocephalan, Juracanthocephalus, from the 160-million-year-old Daohugou Biota in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has been discovered by a research team from the Nanjing ...