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Categories: Mind-altering parasites, Veterinary parasitology, Suicide-inducing parasitism, Acanthocephalans, Articles with short description
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Acanthocephala  phylum Acanthocephala  Acamthocephala  acanthocephalan  Acanthocephalan Worms
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Acanthocephala is a group of parasitic worms known as acanthocephalans, thorny-headed worms, or spiny-headed worms, characterized by the presence of an eversible proboscis, armed with spines, which it uses to pierce and hold the gut wall of its host. Wikipedia
Phylum of parasitic platyzoan "worms". Wikipedia Disambiguation