Prosthenorchis is a genus of parasitic worms belonging to the family Oligacanthorhynchidae.[1] Prosthenorchis have a trunk up to 50 mm long, a proboscis that is not ornate with three barbed hooks in each of 12 rows. They have complex hook roots with large manubria, and a small discoid posterior hook base. There are up to 23 festoons. Gonopore is subterminal. The primary host are primates in South America and Felidae in Africa with cockroaches and beetles as intermediate hosts.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
| Class: | Archiacanthocephala |
| Order: | Oligacanthorhynchida |
| Family: | Oligacanthorhynchidae |
| Genus: | Prosthenorchis Travassos, 1915 |
Taxonomy edit
Description edit
Species edit
THere are five species in the genus Prosthenorchis.[3][a]
- Prosthenorchis cerdocyonis Gomes, Olifiers, Souza, Barbosa, D'Andrea & Maldonado Jr., 2015[4]
The species is named after the genus of the host, the Crab-Eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous).[4]
- Prosthenorchis elegans (Diesing, 1851)
- Prosthenorchis fraterna (Baer, 1959)
- Prosthenorchis lemuri Machado-Filho, 1950
- Prosthenorchis sinicus Hu-Jiand, 1990
Distribution edit
The species of this genus are found in America.[1]
Hosts edit
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. The intermediate hosts of most Pachysentis species are not known. 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.[6]
- Hosts for Prosthenorchis species
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The tayra is one of the hosts of P. cerdocyonis
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Notes edit
- ^ A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the present genus.
References edit
- ^ a b "Prosthenorchis Travassos, 1915". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Amin, Omar M.; Ha, Ngyuen Van; Heckmann, Richard A. (Feb 2008). "New and already known acanthocephalans mostly from mammals in Vietnam, with descriptions of two new genera and species in Archiacanthocephala". The Journal of Parasitology. 94 (1): 194–201. doi:10.1645/GE-1394.1. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 18372641. S2CID 7767259.
- ^ "Prosthenorchis Travassos, 1915". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). November 3, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
- ^ a b Gomes, Ana Paula & Olifiers, Natalie & Souza, Joyce & Barbosa, Helene & D'Andrea, Paulo & Maldonado, Arnaldo. (2014). A New Acanthocephalan Species (Archiacanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae) from the Crab-Eating Fox ( Cerdocyon thous ) in the Brazilian Pantanal Wetlands. The Journal of parasitology. 101. 10.1645/13-321.1.
- ^ CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (April 11, 2019). "Acanthocephaliasis". www.cdc.gov. Center for Disease Control. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ 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 17 July 2023.