| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor: included in ERMS 1.1 |
| Rank | | Phylum |
| Parent | | Animalia |
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basis of record: 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Vernacular
Names | | | Language | Name | | |
English |
spiny-headed worms |
[details] |
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English |
thorny-headed worms |
[details] |
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Swedish |
hakmaskar |
[details] |
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Direct child
taxa | | Class Eoacanthocephala
Class Palaeacanthocephala
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| Environment | | marine |
| Links | | To GenBank
To ITIS
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| Note | |
Biology: Thorny-headed worms, or acanthocephalans, are parasites that live in the gut of vertebrates and - earlier in their life cycle - within invertebrates. The thorny protrusible proboscis is globular or cylindrical; the body also may bear spiny thorns. These parasitic worms anchor themselves with their proboscis and body spines to the gut wall of a host. [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:18814 |
Taxonomic
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| 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z | created | db_admin |
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| | | Citation: CaRMS (2013). Acanthocephala. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2013) Canadian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=18814 on 2013-05-24 |
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