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Acanthocephala

Acanthocephala

thorny-headed worms(+7)·Rudolphi, 1808

GBIF:155294935

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine Freshwater Terrestrial

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 5 languages. 1 preferred.

engthorny-headed wormsengdeuKratzerdeudeuKratzwürmerdeuengacanthocephalansengnldhaakwormennld+3 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 5 languages. 1 name preferred.

engthorny-headed worms
engpreferred
deuKratzer
deu
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
deuKratzwürmer
deu
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
engacanthocephalans
eng
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
nldhaakwormen
nld
swehakmaskar
swe
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
engspiny-headed worms
eng
jpn鉤頭動物門
jpn
Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

BiotaAnimaliaAcanthocephala

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(2)

To Genbank

NCBI:txid10232

UNKNOWN

To Genbank

NCBI:txid2316800

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(3)

  • 1

    Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.

    basis of record
  • 2

    Perrot-Minnot, M.-J.; Cozzarolo, C.-S.; Amin, O.; Barčák, D.; Bauer, A.; Filipović Marijić, V.; García-Varela, M.; Servando Hernández-Orts, J.; Yen Le, T.; Nachev, M.; Orosová, M.; Rigaud, T.; Šariri, S.; Wattier, R.; Reyda, F.; Sures, B. (2023). Hooking the scientific community on thorny-headed worms: interesting and exciting facts, knowledge gaps and perspectives for research directions on Acanthocephala. <em>Parasite.</em> 30: 23.

  • 3

    Reier, S.; Sattmann, H.; Schwaha, T.; Fuehrer, H.-P.; Haring, E. (2020). Unravelling the hidden biodiversity – the establishment of DNA barcodes of fish-parasitizing Acanthocephala Koehlreuther, 1771 in view of taxonomic misidentifications, intraspecific variability and possible cryptic species. <em>Parasitology.</em> 1-10.

  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

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    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155294935
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    67
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:18814
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026