Eoacanthocephala

Eoacanthocephala

Taxobox
name = Eoacanthocephala
regnum = Animalia
subregnum = Eumetazoa
branch = Bilateria
superphylum = Platyzoa
phylum = Acanthocephala
classis = "'Eoacanthocephala
phylum_authority = Van Cleve, 1936
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision =
Gyracanthocephala
Neoechinorhynchida

Eoacanthocephala is a class of parasitic worms, within the phylum Acanthocephala. They feed on any aquatic cold-blooded creature such as turtles and fish. The only reliable way to identify the group is that they only have one cement gland. This is a primitive characteristic and hence the name.


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