Aquatic Parasite Observatory

Browse by Parasites:

On this page you can browse through the parasite taxonomy. Clicking on the name of a parasite will take you to a page dedicated to that particular parasite. On individual parasite pages you will find a morphological description, a lifecycle description, parasite images, and the host species records from the APO. Please note that host records from the literature are not reported on this site.

Phylum: Acanthocephala


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