Acanthocephalans, commonly known as thorny‐headed worms, represent a diverse group of endoparasites that inhabit a range of hosts across both freshwater and marine environments. These organisms are ...

本研究通过实验揭示了兽用抗寄生虫药物（bithionol）对野生欧洲圆鳍雅罗鱼（Squalius cephalus）行为与生理的影响，及其与棘头虫（acanthocephalan）的互作关系。结果表明，药物虽引发宿主行为异常（如呼吸频率增加），但未显著抑制寄生虫数量或繁殖力，提示潜在 ...

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a fossil acanthocephalan, Juracanthocephalus, from the 160-million-year-old ...

A fossil acanthocephalan, Juracanthocephalus, from the 160-million-year-old Daohugou Biota in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has been discovered by a research team from the Nanjing ...

In the 1990s, the San Miguel Island fox nearly went extinct, with numbers dropping to just 15. A recovery program increased their population by 2010, but from 2014 to 2018, it fell to 30% of its peak ...

- any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines ...