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Pentastomida

Animal
The Pentastomida are an enigmatic group of parasitic arthropods commonly known as tongue worms due to the resemblance of the species of the genus Linguatula to a vertebrate tongue; molecular studies point to them being highly-derived crustaceans. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Pentastomida
Subclass: Pentastomida; Diesing, 1836
Phylum: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia