Phylum Acanthocephala

Question 1

This is found in the intestine of domestic dogs and cats, coyote lynx and bobcat

Answer 1

Oncicola canis

Question 2

Thorny-headed worms found in the small intestine of rats, mice, other rodents that may also infect dogs, cats, and man

Answer 2

Moniliformis moniliformis

Question 3

Macracanthorhynchus species found in the small intestine of domestic and wild canids

Answer 3

M. catalinum, M. ingens

Question 4

These are worms with spiny head found in the small intestine of domestic and wild pigs worldwide but can occasionally infect domestic and wild carnivores

Answer 4

Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus

Question 5

Oncicola species found in cats in USA

Answer 5

Oncicola campanulatus

Question 6

Thorny headed worms that are found mainly in the terminal portion of ileum, but also in cecum and colon of monkeys

Answer 6

Prosthenorchis elegans, P. spicula

Question 7

This species have proboscis that has 16 longitudinal rows of hooks with 7 to 10 hooks each found in the small intestine of ducks, fowl, goose and various aquatic birds

Answer 7

Polymorphus boschadis

Question 8

Polymorphus species found in ducks in scotland

Answer 8

P. botulus

Question 9

Polymorphus species found in wild anseriform

Answer 9

P. magnus

Question 10

IH of P. minutus

Answer 10

Gammarus lacustris

Question 11

DH of P. minutus

Answer 11

birds

Question 12

found in aquatic birds with globular shaped proboscis

Answer 12

Filicolis anatis

Question 13

Thorny-headed worm found in foxes and dogs

Answer 13

Corynosoma spp

Question 14

soft-bodies usually dorsoventrally flattened with true metameric segmentation

Answer 14

Leeches

Question 15

Which class do leeches belong to?

Answer 15

Hirudinea

Question 16

present in leeches that serves to secrete cocoons in which eggs are deposited

Answer 16

clitellar organ

Question 17

formerly used for medicinal purposes, found in marshes, small streams and pools

Answer 17

Hirudo medicinalis

Question 18

known as horse leech

Answer 18

Limnatis nilotica

Question 19

found to be attached in nasal cavities of humans, dogs, and monkeys that may also enter urethra and vagina

Answer 19

Limnatis africana

Question 20

found in the pharynx of ruminants and upper respiratory tract of dogs, monkeys and humans

Answer 20

Dinobdella ferox

Question 21

leeches found in the tropical forests which bites are not painful but wound bleeds for long time

Answer 21

Haemadipsa

Question 22

common leech parasites of amphibians and reptiles

Answer 22

Placobdella spp

Question 23

vector for Trypanosoma rototarium

Answer 23

Placobdella marginata

Question 24

vector of Hemogregarina stepanowl, a blood parasite for turtles

Answer 24

Placobdelia catenlgera (???)

Question 25

leech of green turtle that have found to be associated with fibropapilloma virus

Answer 25

Ozobranchus branchiatus

Question 26

Leeches found in the nasal cavities of aquatic birds

Answer 26

Protoclepsis tesselata Placobdella rugosa Theromyzon