Acanthocephala | |
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Corynosoma wegeneri | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Clade: | Gnathifera |
Phylum: | Acanthocephala Koelreuter, 1771[1][2] |
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Acanthocephala (Greek ἄκανθος, akanthos, thorn + κεφαλή, kephale, heid) is a phylum o parasitic wirms kent as acanthocephalans, thorny-heidit wirms, or spiny-heidit wirms an aw, chairacterised bi the presence o an eversible proboscis, airmed wi spines, that it uises to pierce an hauld the gut waw o its host.