Key to the families and subfamilies of Acanthocephala, with the erection of a new class (Polyacanthocephala) and a new order (Polyacanthorhynchida).

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• Publication year

  1987

• Venue

  Journal of Parasitology

• Publication date

  1987-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.2307/3282307PMID 3437357
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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