Floridosentis
{{Short description|Genus of parasitic worms}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Floridosentis
| authority = Ward, 1953
| type_species = Floridosentis elongatus{{cite WoRMS |title=Floridosentis |id=20349 |access-date=29 March 2024}}
| type_species_authority = Ward, 1953
}}
Floridosentis is a genus in Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms, also known as spiny-headed worms).
Taxonomy
The genus was described by Ward in 1953. Phylogenetic studies have been published on this genus.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/popset/?term=txid84279[organism:exp]%20AND%20phylogenetic_study[prop]
Description
Floridosentis species consist of a proboscis covered in hooks and a long trunk.
Species
The genus Floridosentis Ward, 1953 contains species.{{#tag:ref|A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the present genus.|group=lower-alpha}}
- Floridosentis mugilis (Machado-Filho, 1951)
- Floridosentis pacifica Bravo-Hollis, 1969
Distribution
The distribution of Floridosentis is determined by that of its hosts.
Hosts
[[File:Acanthocephala LifeCycle lg.jpg|thumb|250px|alt=Diagram of the life cycle of Acanthocephala|Life cycle of Acanthocephala.{{cite web
| url = https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/acanthocephaliasis/index.html
| title = Acanthocephaliasis
| last = CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria
| date = April 11, 2019
| website = www.cdc.gov
| publisher = Center for Disease Control
| access-date = July 17, 2023
| quote =
| archive-date = 8 June 2023
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230608133736/https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/acanthocephaliasis/index.html
| url-status = live
}}{{#tag:ref|There are no known aberrant human infections for Floridosentis species.|group=lower-alpha}}]]
The life cycle of an acanthocephalan consists of three stages beginning when an infective acanthor (development of an egg) is released from the intestines of the definitive host and then ingested by an arthropod, the intermediate host. Although the intermediate hosts of Floridosentis are ???. When the acanthor molts, the second stage called the acanthella begins. This stage involves penetrating the wall of the mesenteron or the intestine of the intermediate host and growing. The final stage is the infective cystacanth which is the larval or juvenile state of an Acanthocephalan, differing from the adult only in size and stage of sexual development. The cystacanths within the intermediate hosts are consumed by the definitive host, usually attaching to the walls of the intestines, and as adults they reproduce sexually in the intestines. The acanthor are passed in the feces of the definitive host and the cycle repeats. There may be paratenic hosts (hosts where parasites infest but do not undergo larval development or sexual reproduction) for Floridosentis.{{cite book
| last = Schmidt
| first = G.D.
| editor-last1 = Crompton
| editor-first1 = D.W.T.
| editor-last2 = Nickol
| editor-first2 = B.B.
| author-link =
| date = 1985
| title = Biology of the Acanthocephala
| chapter = Development and life cycles
| url = https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/17218255.pdf
| location = Cambridge
| publisher = Cambridge Univ. Press
| pages = 273–305
| isbn =
| access-date = 16 July 2023
| archive-date = 22 July 2023
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230722191034/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/17218255.pdf
| url-status = live
}}
Floridosentis parasitizes marine fish.{{cite journal |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32920194/ |title=Genetic diversification of acanthocephalans of the genus Floridosentis Ward 1953 (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae), parasites of mullets from the Americas |last1=Rosas-Valdez |first1=Rogelio |last2=José Morrone |first2=Juan |last3=Daniel Pinacho-Pinacho |first3=Carlos |last4=Domínguez-Domínguez |first4=Omar |last5=García-Varela |first5=Martín |date=September 2020 |journal=Infection, Genetics and Evolution |volume=85 |publisher=Elsevier |access-date=29 March 2024 |doi=10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104535|pmid=32920194 |bibcode=2020InfGE..8504535R }} There are no reported cases of Floridosentis infesting humans in the English language medical literature.{{cite journal |last1=Mathison |first1=BA |display-authors=etal |title=Human Acanthocephaliasis: a Thorn in the Side of Parasite Diagnostics |journal=J Clin Microbiol |date=2021 |volume=59 |issue=11 |page=e02691-20 |doi=10.1128/JCM.02691-20 |pmid=34076470 |url=https://doi.org/10.1128%2FJCM.02691-20|pmc=8525584 }}
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