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==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
The [[National Center for Biotechnology Information]] does not indicate that any [[phylogenetic]] analysis has been published on ''Cucullanorhynchus'' that would confirm its position as a unique genus in the family Oligacanthorhynchidae.<ref>{{cite web
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|first3=Mikhail |last3=Domrachev
|first4=Carol L |last4=Hotton
|first5=Sivakumar |last5=Kannan
|first6=Rogneda |last6=Khovanskaya
|first7=Detlef |last7=Leipe
|first8=Richard |last8=Mcveigh
|first9=Kathleen |last9=O’Neill
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|first15=Seán |last15=Turner
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| date = 2020
| website = Taxonomy Browser
| publisher = NCBI
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==Description==
==Description==
The trunk of ''C. constrictruncatus'' has an anterior hood in both sexes and the posterior is constricted in females.<ref name = Amin2008/>
The trunk of ''C. constrictruncatus'' has an anterior hood in both sexes and the posterior is constricted in females.<ref name = Amin2008/>

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Cucullanorhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Archiacanthocephala
Order: Oligacanthorhynchida
Family: Oligacanthorhynchidae
Genus: Cucullanorhynchus
Amin, Ha and Heckmann, 2008[1]
Species:
C. constrictruncatus
Binomial name
Cucullanorhynchus constrictruncatus
Amin, Ha and Heckmann, 2008

Cucullanorhynchus is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms). It contains a single species, Cucullanorhynchus constrictruncatus, which infests leopards in Vietnam.

Taxonomy

The National Center for Biotechnology Information does not indicate that any phylogenetic analysis has been published on Cucullanorhynchus that would confirm its position as a unique genus in the family Oligacanthorhynchidae.[2]

Description

The trunk of C. constrictruncatus has an anterior hood in both sexes and the posterior is constricted in females.[1]

Distribution

The distribution of C. constrictruncatus is determined by that of its hosts. C. constrictruncatus has been found in Vietnam.[1]

Hosts

Diagram of the life cycle of Acanthocephala
Life cycle of Acanthocephala.[3][a]

The life cycle of an acanthocephalan consists of three stages beginning when an infective acanthor (development of an egg) is released from the intestines of the definitive host and then ingested by an arthropod, the intermediate host. Although the intermediate hosts of Cucullanorhynchus are not known, without exception for the order Oligacanthorhynchidae, this intermediate host is a lizard or insect. When the acanthor molts, the second stage called the acanthella begins. This stage involves penetrating the wall of the mesenteron or the intestine of the intermediate host and growing. The final stage is the infective cystacanth which is the larval or juvenile state of an Acanthocephalan, differing from the adult only in size and stage of sexual development. The cystacanths within the intermediate hosts are consumed by the definitive host, usually attaching to the walls of the intestines, and as adults they reproduce sexually in the intestines. The acanthor are passed in the feces of the definitive host and the cycle repeats. There are no known paratenic hosts (hosts where parasites infest but do not undergo larval development or sexual reproduction) for Cucullanorhynchus.[5]

Cucullanorhynchus constrictruncatus has been found parasitizing leopards.[1] There are no reported cases of C. constrictruncatus infesting humans in the English language medical literature.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ There are no known aberrant human infections for C. constrictruncatus species.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Amin, Omar; Nguyen, Ha Van; Heckmann, Richard A (March 2008). "New and Already Known Acanthocephalans Mostly from Mammals in Vietnam, withDescriptions of Two New Genera and Species in Archiacanthocephala". The Journal of Parasitology. 94 (1): 194–201 – via JSTOR.
  2. ^ Schoch, Conrad L; Ciufo, Stacy; Domrachev, Mikhail; Hotton, Carol L; Kannan, Sivakumar; Khovanskaya, Rogneda; Leipe, Detlef; Mcveigh, Richard; O’Neill, Kathleen; Robbertse, Barbara; Sharma, Shobha; Soussov, Vladimir; Sullivan, John P; Sun, Lu; Turner, Seán; Karsch-Mizrachi, Ilene (2020). "NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools". Taxonomy Browser. NCBI. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  3. ^ CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (11 April 2019). "Acanthocephaliasis". www.cdc.gov. Center for Disease Control. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b Mathison, BA; et al. (2021). "Human Acanthocephaliasis: a Thorn in the Side of Parasite Diagnostics". J Clin Microbiol. 59 (11): e02691-20. doi:10.1128/JCM.02691-20. PMC 8525584. PMID 34076470.
  5. ^ Schmidt, G.D. (1985). "Development and life cycles". In Crompton, D.W.T.; Nickol, B.B. (eds.). Biology of the Acanthocephala (PDF). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. pp. 273–305. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.