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Acanthocephalan Classification

Acanthocephalan Classification is a taxonomic framework that systematically categorizes parasitic worm species within the phylum Acanthocephala based on morphological, molecular, and phylogenetic characteristics to distinguish them from other helminth groups.

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Classification of the Acanthocephala

Omar M. Amin · Folia Parasitologica · 2013 · 353 citations · Full text

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18S rRNA data indicate that Aschelminthes are polyphyletic in origin and consist of at least three distinct clades.

Birgitta Winnepenninckx, Thierry Backeljau, Laura Y. Mackey et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 1995 · 190 citations · Full text

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Molecular evidence for Acanthocephala as a subtaxon of Rotifera

James R. Garey, Thomas J. Near, Michael R. Nonnemacher et al. · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 1996 · 183 citations

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Key to the Families and Subfamilies of Acanthocephala, with the Erection of a New Class (Polyacanthocephala) and a New Order (Polyacanthorhynchida)

Omar M. Amin · Journal of Parasitology · 1987 · 143 citations

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Plathelminthes and Plathelminthomorpha - paraphyletic taxa

Gerhard Haszprunar · Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research · 2009 · 131 citations

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    Omar M. Amin

    Brigham Young University, United States

    22 publications · 999 citations

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    Harley J. Van Cleave

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    16 publications · 287 citations

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  3. RA
    Richard A. Heckmann

    Brigham Young University, United States

    9 publications · 196 citations

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  4. LR
    Lesley R. Smales

    Central Queensland University, Australia

    9 publications · 170 citations

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    Martín García‐Varela

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    7 publications · 235 citations

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  1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    607 citations

  2. South Australian Museum

    Adelaide, Australia

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    174 citations

  3. Brigham Young University

    Provo, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    131 citations

  4. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    241 citations

  5. Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases

    Wuxi, China

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    517 citations

  6. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    80 citations

  7. Institute of Parasitology

    České Budějovice, Czechia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    97 citations

  8. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    132 citations

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  1. Journal of Parasitology

    35 publications · 1K citations

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  2. Systematic Parasitology

    22 publications · 592 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 5 publications · 105 citations

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  5. Parasitology Research

    4 publications · 63 citations

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