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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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2015
2015
A 425-Million-Year-Old Silurian Pentastomid Parasitic on Ostracods
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2014
Highly Cited
2014
Sine Systemate Chaos? A Versatile Tool for Earthworm Taxonomy: Non-Destructive Imaging of Freshly Fixed and Museum Specimens Using Micro-Computed Tomography
In spite of the high relevance of lumbricid earthworms (‘Oligochaeta’: Lumbricidae) for soil structure and functioning, the… 
2011
2011
Using Combined Morphological, Allometric and Molecular Approaches to Identify Species of the Genus Raillietiella (Pentastomida)
Taxonomic studies of parasites can be severely compromised if the host species affects parasite morphology; an uncritical… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography
This work is a first attempt to integrate into one list and quantify all the known species of Hispaniolan arthropods. It includes… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Further use of nearly complete 28S and 18S rRNA genes to classify Ecdysozoa: 37 more arthropods and a kinorhynch.
2006
2006
The complete mitochondrial genome of Pollicipes mitella (Crustacea, Maxillopoda, Cirripedia): non-monophylies of maxillopoda and crustacea.
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
A cladistic approach to relationships in pentastomida.
The positioning of the Pentastomida among the Metazoa has provoked many debates up to the present. On the other hand, the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Molecular evidence for inclusion of the phylum pentastomida in the crustacea
The phylogenetic status of the phylum Pentastomida (tongue worms) was considered on the basis of comparison of nucleotide… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Evolution in the pentastomids.
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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