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Acanthocephala  Rudolphi, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 64238

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Phylum  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): spiny-headed worms [English]
  
    acantocéfalo [Portuguese]
  
    thorny-headed worms [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2015   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumAcanthocephala Rudolphi, 1802 – spiny-headed worms, acantocéfalo, thorny-headed worms  
    Direct Children:  
                Class Archiacanthocephala Meyer, 1931  
                Class Eoacanthocephala Van Cleave, 1936  
                Class Palaeacanthocephala Meyer, 1931  
                Class Polyacanthocephala Amin, 1987  
       

 References
       
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  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: acantocéfalo[Portuguese]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Acanthocephala   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Amin, Omar M.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Classification of the Acanthocephala   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Folia Parasitologica, vol. 60, no. 4   
  Page(s): 273-305   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0015-5683   
  Notes: Available online at http://folia.paru.cas.cz/   
  Reference for: Acanthocephala   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bhattacharya, S. B., and S. Banerjee  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: New record of the genus Gorgorhynchoides Cable & Linderoth, 1963 (Acanthocephala: Palaeacanthocephala) with G. indicus n. sp. from carangeid fish of Indian coast   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Records of the Zoological Survey of India, vol. 101, part 3-4   
  Page(s): 49-54   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0375-1511   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Acanthocephala   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates   
  Page(s): xiii + 992   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-098-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Acanthocephala   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Acanthocephala   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sørensen, Martin V., Katrine Worsaae, and Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen / Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 16: The Gnathifera: Phyla Gnathostomidula, Rotifera (including Acanthocephala), and Micrognathozoa   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 613-634   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1605353753   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Acanthocephala   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Phylum (or subclass) Acanthocephala is apparently a 'pseudohomonym' of (same kingdom but rank not covered by Nomenclatural Code, same name as) insect genus Acanthocephala Laporte, 1833 (TSN 108314)  
    Formerly treated as a separate phylum, recent work has shown that Acanthocephala belong within phylum Rotifera. Ruggiero et al. (2015) retained it as a separate phylum, while Brusca et al. (2016) treate it as a subclass of the rotifer class Hemirotatoria. Unfortunately, Brusca et al. did not supply any of the further classification within subclass Acanthocephala, so until a unified classification with traditional ranks is available, ITIS will follow Ruggiero et al. (2015)  
 

 

    

 
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