Multisentis
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Multisentis is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms). It contains a single species, Multisentis myrmecobius , parasite of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) from which it derives its species name. It was found in south-western Australia.[1]
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Multisentis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
Class: | Archiacanthocephala |
Order: | Oligacanthorhynchida |
Family: | Oligacanthorhynchidae |
Genus: | Multisentis Smales, 1997[1] |
Species: | M. myrmecobius |
Binomial name | |
Multisentis myrmecobius Smales, 1997[1] | |
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