WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Tanaorhamphus ambiguus Van Cleave, 1921) Van Cleave, H. J. (1921). Acanthocephala from the eel. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 40 (1): 1-13. [details]
basis of record
Amin, O.M. 1998. Marine flora and fauna of the eastern United States: Acanthocephala. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 135. U.S. Department of Commerce. 27 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
From other sources
Diet obligate intestinal parasites that lack their own digestive system. [details]
Distribution unknown; lack of study done on this group in the Bay of Fundy and surrounding waters [details]
Habitat adults: vertebrate intestinal tracts [details]
Reproduction dioecious. Eggs are passed through the definitive vertebrate host and remain free in the environment until ingested by an intermediate host (Amphipoda, Isopoda, Copepoda, Ostracoda) where they hatch. [details]
remark definitive hosts include: Auguilla rostrata (natural), Microgadus tomcod (unnatural host), Fundulus heteroclitus (unnatural host). Intermediate host include: Gammarus mucronatis, G. tigrinus. Genus was erected from Tanaorhamphus ambiguus. [details]
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