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Pentastomida

Known as: Tongue Worm, Tongue Worms, Pentastomidas 
A subclass of CRUSTACEA comprising the tongue worms which are obligatory parasites of reptiles, birds, and mammals including humans.
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2008
2008
A new species of pentastomida infecting Tropidurus hispidus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from Caatinga in Northeastern Brazil.
This article describes a new species of Brazilian Raillietiella Sambon, 1910 from lungs of Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
A revision of the genus Sebekia Sambon, 1922 (Pentastomida) from crocodilians with descriptions of five new species
The genus Sebekia Sambon, 1922 (Pentastomida), parasitic in crocodilians, is reviewed. Five previously described species are… 
1986
1986
Morphogenesis of larvalSebekia oxycephala (Pentastomida) from a South American crocodilian (Caiman sclerops) in experimentally infected fish
Egg hatching and subsequent larval development of a porocephalid pentastomidSebekia oxycephala, from a crocodilian (Caiman… 
1985
1985
Reassessments and revisions of certain genera and species of the family Sebekidae (Pentastomida) including description of Sebekia microhamus n. sp.
SummaryReassessment is made of certain genera and species of the Sebekidae, utilizing recently developed criteria to define them… 
1982
1982
A revision of the taxonomy of Raillietiella boulengeri (Vaney & Sambon, 1910) Sambon 1910, R. orientalis (Hett, 1915) Sambon, 1922 and R. agcoi Tubangui & Masiluñgan, 1956 (Pentastomida…
SummaryThree large Raillietiella species have been described from a number of snakes in Africa, South East Asia and the… 
1967
1967
Host-parasite relations in some Pentastomida.
Pentastomida generally considered to reach adulthood in the respiratory systems of reptiles may attain precocious development in… 
1966
1966
An Arthropod Intermediate Host of a Pentastomid
THE life cycles of pentastomids, or tongue worms, are little known although the biology of these creatures has been the subject… 
1963
1963
Die systematische stellung und phylogenie der pentastomida
ZusammenfassungDie Pentastomiden (Linguatuliden) stellen als hochspezialisierte Parasiten der Amnioten den Systematiker vor… 
1962
1962
Development of Porocephalus crotali (Humboldt, 1808) (Pentastomida) in experimental intermediate hosts.
Eggs of Porocephalus crotali from the lungs of Louisiana Agkistrodon piscivorus were administered by gavage to albino rats which… 
1962
1962
Development of Porocephalus crotali (Humboldt, 1808) (Pentastomida) in experimental intermediate hosts.
Eggs of Porocephalus crotali from the lungs of Louisiana Agkistrodon piscivorus were administered by gavage to albino rats which… 
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