(n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ability of Acanthocephala possessing extreme eutelia to a physiological adaptation is indicative of its not obligatory participation of mitotic processes in the acclimation.
(2) Shelled acanthors (= eggs) of two isolates of Moniliformis moniliformis (Acanthocephala) were tested for their capacity to respond to a hatching stimulus in vitro and for their retention of infectivity to a natural intermediate host (Periplaneta americana).
(3) Nine acanthocephala recovered over a two-month period from the stools of a 10-month-old child in Texas were identified as Macracanthorhynchus ingens, a common intestinal parasite of the raccoon, Procyon lotor.
(4) This constitutes the first record of this acanthocephala in a new host, as well a new geographic distribution.
(5) If few so called "primitive" Acanthocephala are indeed parasitic in "primitive" fishes, in the majority of cases the main factor for infestation is related to the trophic behaviour of the definitive host and do not depends on its phylogenic position.
(6) Twenty-three species of helminths were collected including 10 species of Trematoda (Brachylaima virginiana, Euryhelmis squamula, Eurytrema procyonis, Fibricola cratera, Gyrosoma singulare, Maritreminoides nettae, Mesostephanus appendiculatoides, Metagonimoides oregonensis, Paragonimus kellicotti, Pharyngostomoides procyonis), 2 species of Cestoda (Atriotaenia procyonis, Mesocestoides variabilis), 10 species of Nematoda (Arthrocephalus lotoris, Baylisascaris procyonis, Capillaria putorii, C. plica, Crenosoma goblei, Dracunculus insignis, Gnathostoma procyonis, Molineus barbatus, Physaloptera rara, Trichinella spiralis), and 1 species of Acanthocephala (Macracanthorhynchus ingens).
(7) Two new species of Acanthocephala of the genus Echinorhynchus were found and described from fishes of Falkland-Patagonia and South Georgia Island area.
(8) The data for this study are based on more than 6000 articles that mention Acanthocephala.
(10) The results are discussed with respect to the classification of the Acanthocephala and to their transmission to the intermediate hosts.
(11) The prevalence of Phagicola septentrionalis, the diphyllobothriids and the acanthocephala increased with increasing age of the pinniped host.
(12) Cystacanths of Acanthocephalus clavula Dujardin 1845 (Acanthocephala) were found in the hemocoels of naturally infected Echinogrammarus pungens M. Edwards 1840 (Amphipoda).
(13) In pike-perches 20 species of parasites were stated: Protozoa (1), Monogenea (1), Cestoda (2), Trematoda (8), Nematoda (3), Acanthocephala (2), Hirudinea (1) and Crustacea (2).
(14) Larvae of Telosentis exiguus Von Linstow 1901 (Acanthocephala) were found in 6 out of 2806 G. insensibilis so far examined.
(15) At the bank area fishes are found to be free from Acanthocephala while those Acanthocephala are found in fishes from other areas of the Indian Ocean which may be attributed to the specific diet at the Saya-de-Malya bank.
(16) From an attentive study of the largest number of available publications, we tried to establish the list of fish species harbouring fully mature Acanthocephala, i.e.
(17) It seems, therefore, that the number of the central fibers of the axoneme in the Acanthocephala sperm cell is never absolutely fixed.
(18) This is the first record of members of Cyclopidae as intermediate hosts of Acanthocephala in India.
(19) The prevalence of the diphyllobothriids and the intensity of the infection with acanthocephala were higher in seals found in the eastern part of the Wadden Sea.
(20) The histopathology developing in the sand smelt Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 from Northern Italy as the result of a natural infection by Telosentis exiguus Von Linstow 1901 (Acanthocephala) was studied and described.
Acanthocephalous
Definition:
(a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.