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- Phylum Acanthocephala - History, external features, internal features, reproduction, embryology, life cycle, ecology, phylogeny, and classification.
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- Acanthocephala - The Acanthocephala (gr. Acanthus — thorn Kephale — head) is a phylum of parasitic worms, characterised by the presence of an evertable proboscis, armed with spines, which it uses to pierce and hold the gut wall of its host.
- Acanthocephala (disambiguation) - Acantocephala can refer to:
- Eoacanthocephala - Eoacanthocephala is a class of parasitic worms, within the phylum Acanthocephala. They feed on any aquatic cold-blooded creature such as turtles and fish.
- Palaeacanthocephala - Palaeacanthocephala (ancient thorn head) is a class within the phylyum Acanthocephala.
- Archiacanthocephala - Archiacanthocephala is a class within the phylum of Acanthocephala. They are microscopic parasitic worms that attach themselves to the intestinal wall of terrestrial vertebrates, including man.