Bolbosoma

Bolbosoma
Proboscis, neck and trunk spines of a juvenile Bolbosoma turbinella. Bars is 200um.[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Polymorphida
Family: Polymorphidae
Genus: Bolbosoma
Porta, 1908
Type species
Bolbosoma

Bolbosoma is a genus in Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms, also known as spiny-headed worms).[2]

  1. ^ Fonseca, Michelle Cristie Gonçalves da; Knoff, Marcelo; Felizardo, Nilza Nunes; Torres, Eduardo José Lopes; Di Azevedo, Maria Isabel Nogueira; Gomes, Delir Corrêa; Clemente, Sérgio Carmona de São; Iñiguez, Alena Mayo (July 2019). "Acanthocephalan parasites of the flounder species Paralichthys isosceles, Paralichthys patagonicus and Xystreurys rasile from Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária. 28 (3): 346–359. doi:10.1590/s1984-29612019031. PMID 31215609.
  2. ^ "Bolbosoma Porta, 1908". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 May 2021.