Prosthenorchis

Prosthenorchis is a genus of parasitic worms belonging to the family Oligacanthorhynchidae.[1] Prosthenorchis Travassos, 1915 have a trunk up to 50 mm long, a proboscis that is not ornate with three barbed hooks in each of 12 rows. They have complex hook roots with large manubria, and a small discoid posterior hook base. There are up to 23 festoons. Gonopore is subterminal. The primary host are primates in South America and Felidae in Africa with cockroaches and beetles as intermediate hosts.[2]

Prosthenorchis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Archiacanthocephala
Order: Oligacanthorhynchida
Family: Oligacanthorhynchidae
Genus: Prosthenorchis
Travassos, 1915

The species of this genus are found in America.[1]

Species:[1]

References

  1. "Prosthenorchis Travassos, 1915". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. Amin, Omar M.; Ha, Ngyuen Van; Heckmann, Richard A. (Feb 2008). "New and already known acanthocephalans mostly from mammals in Vietnam, with descriptions of two new genera and species in Archiacanthocephala". The Journal of Parasitology. 94 (1): 194–201. doi:10.1645/GE-1394.1. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 18372641. S2CID 7767259.


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