Acanthocephala

Thorny-headed worms

Hook extracted from proboscis of Echinorhynchus gadi using trypsin digest.

Licence: 
Creative Commons Licence
Imaging technique: 
Scanning Electron Micrograph
Description: 

Hook from proboscis of Echinorhynchus gadi. Proboscis was digested in trypsin and isolated hooks were allowed to dry before imaging in scanning electron microscope.

Taxonomic name: 
Echinorhynchus gadi (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