Acanthocephala

Thorny-headed worms

Excysted cystacanth of Polymorphus minutus from Gammarus Pulex (L.)

Licence: 
Creative Commons Licence
Imaging technique: 
Light Micrograph
Description: 

Excysted cystacanth of Polymorphus minutus from Gammarus pulex (L.). G. pulex collected from Loch Walton Burn, River Carron catchment, central Scotland (National Grid Reference NS 668 865) on 24th June 1996.

Taxonomic name: 
Polymorphus minutus (Taxa)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith