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Acanthocephalus anguillae

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Acanthocephalus anguillae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
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]


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Notes

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  1. ^ "Acanthocephalus anguillae (Mueller, 1780)". GBIF.org. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Acanthocephalus anguillae (Mueller, 1780)". ITIS. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  3. ^ Dezfuli, Bahram S.; Biaggi, Sara De (May 2000). "Copulation of Acanthocephalus anguillae (Acanthocephala)". Parasitology Research. 86 (6): 524–526. doi:10.1007/s004360050706. PMID 10894483. S2CID 21803021.
  4. ^ Love, Milton S.; Moser, Mike (June 1976). "Parasites of California Marine and Estuarine Fish". University of Nebraska–Lincoln: 370. Retrieved 11 July 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Gibson, David (21 December 2004). "Acanthocephalus anguillae (Müller, 1780)". WoRMS. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

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