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Acanthocephala

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
PHYLUM

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Acanthocephala

Name

Homonyms
Acanthocephala
Acanthocephala Laporte, 1833
Acanthocephala Backeb.
Acanthocephala Diesing, 1858
Common names
Acanthocéphales, Vers à tête épineuse in French
Kradsere in Danish
Spiny-headed Worms in English
Spiny-headed Worms in English
Thorny-headed Worms in English
Thorny-headed Worms in English
acantocéfalo in Portuguese
acantocéfalo in Portuguese
spiny-headed worms in English
spiny-headed worms in English
thorny-headed worms in English
thorny-headed worms in English
thorny-headed worms in English
väkäkärsämadot in Finnish
hakmaskar in Swedish
krassarar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
krassere in Norwegian Bokmål
thorny-headed worms in English
thorny-headed worms in English
Acanthocephalans in English
Acanthocephalans in English
Kratzer in German
Kratzer in German
Kratzwürmer in German
Kratzwürmer in German
acanthocephalans in English
acanthocephalans in English
haakwormen in Dutch
haakwormen in Dutch
hakmaskar in Swedish
hakmaskar in Swedish
spiny-headed worms in English
spiny-headed worms in English
鉤頭動物門 in Japanese
鉤頭動物門 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Amin, Omar M., 2013: Classification of the Acanthocephala. Folia Parasitologica, vol. 60, no. 4. 273-305.
  2. Bhattacharya, S. B., and S. Banerjee, 2003: New record of the genus Gorgorhynchoides Cable & Linderoth, 1963 (Acanthocephala: Palaeacanthocephala) with G. indicus n. sp. from carangeid fish of Indian coast. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, vol. 101, part 3-4. 49-54.
  3. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 1990: null. Invertebrates. xiii + 992.
  4. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  5. Margulis & Shwartz, 1998
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Monks, S.; Richardson, D. J. (2011). Phylum Acanthocephala Kohlreuther, 1771. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 318: 234-237.
  9. 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. 10.1051/parasite/2023026
  10. 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. 10.1051/parasite/2023026
  11. 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. 10.1017/s0031182020001316
  12. 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. 10.1017/s0031182020001316
  13. Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al., 2015: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114.
  14. Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248. 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
  15. Sørensen, Martin V., Katrine Worsaae, and Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen / Brusca, et al., 2016: Chapter 16: The Gnathifera: Phyla Gnathostomidula, Rotifera (including Acanthocephala), and Micrognathozoa. Invertebrates, Third Edition. 613-634.
  16. Valentine, 2004
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