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Acanthocephala

Acanthocephala

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

GBIF:239975507

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PROFILE

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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

AnimaliaAcanthocephala

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

    WRiMS

    WRiMS

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    The World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS, https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced) records which marine species in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS, https://www.marinespecies.org, https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/347) have been introduced deliberately or accidentally by human activities to geographic areas outside their native range. It excludes species that colonized new locations naturally (so called ‘range extensions’), even if in response to climate change. The dataset is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each taxon: the scientific name, higher classification, stable identifiers linking to taxon and scientific name information, taxonomic status, and nomenclatural status, the vernacular names, the region of introduction and associated country, as well as the year of the first introduction (first collection) and/or last assessment/observation in this region, coarse habitat information, and the pathway(s) of introduction and invasion stage. We have released this dataset under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY). If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don’t hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata.

    Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced on 2026-06-01. doi:10.14284/347 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    239975507
    Dataset Key
    0a2eaf0c-5504-4f48-a47f-c94229029dc8
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    67
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:18814
    Last Crawled
    6/10/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/10/2026