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Spiny Headed Worms

Acanthocephala

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Acanthocephala
Phylum recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Acanthacephala
Recognized by Fairbairn 2013
Acanthocephala
Phylum recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, wikipedia EU, wikipedia hr Croatian, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, GBIF classification, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Barcode of Life Data Systems, iNaturalist data coverage, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Acanthocephala
Recognized by Australia Species List, Brazil Species List, Colombia Species List, Finland Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Russia Species List, Sweden Species List, Venezuela Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Black Sea Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of Bothnia Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Kattegat Species List, Hudson Bay Species List, Norwegian Sea Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Sea of Azov Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Timor Sea Species List, Alava and Aguirre 2005, Brusca and Brusca, 2003, and ecology literature
Acanthocephala Rudolphi 1802
Phylum recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

ACANTHOCEPHALA
Harvest ancestor according to iDigBio type specimen records
Acanthocephala
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records UK, Anguilla Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, World Register of Marine Species, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Acanthocephala Koelreuter 1771
Authority according to NCBI
Acanthocephala Rudolphi 1802
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Heruca Scopoli 1777
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Longirostris Golvan 1956
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Malgacanthus Golvan 1965
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Plagiorhynchus Schmidt & Kuntz 1966
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

spiny-headed worms preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa

Finnish

Väkäkärsämadot preferred
Recognized by admin

Japanese

鉤頭動物門 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin

Occitan (post 1500)

acantocefals preferred
Recognized by admin

Polish

Kolcogłowy preferred
Recognized by admin
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Curated hierarchies for Acanthocephala

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Gnathifera
Syndermata
Acanthocephala (this page)
Archiacanthocephala
Eoacanthocephala
Palaeacanthocephala
Polyacanthocephala
Rotifera
Seisonacea

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Acanthocephala Rudolphi 1802 (this page)
Archiacanthocephala Meyer 1931
Eoacanthocephala Van Cleave 1936
Palaeacanthocephala Meyer 1931
Polyacanthocephala Amin 1987
Annelida
Arthropoda
Brachiopoda
Bryozoa
Chaetognatha
Chordata
Cnidaria
Ctenophora
Dicyemida
Echinodermata
Gastrotricha
Gnathostomulida
Hemichordata Bateson 1885
Kamptozoa
Kinorhyncha
Loricifera
Micrognathozoa
Mollusca
Nematoda
Nematomorpha
Nemertea
Onychophora Grube 1853
Orthonectida
Phoronida
Placozoa
Platyhelminthes Minot 1876
Porifera
Priapulida
Rotifera
Sipuncula
Tardigrada Doyère 1840
Xenacoelomorpha Philippe, Brinkmann, Copley, Moroz, Nakano, Poustka, Wallberg, Peterson & Telford 2011

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Acanthocephala (this page)
Archiacanthocephala
Eoacanthocephala
Palaeacanthocephala
Polyacanthocephala
Rotifera
Seisonacea

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Gnathifera
Syndermata
Acanthocephala (this page)
Archiacanthocephala
Eoacanthocephala
Palaeacanthocephala
Polyacanthocephala
Rotifera
Seisonacea

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Acanthocephala (this page)
Archiacanthocephala
Eoacanthocephala
Palaeacanthocephala
Polyacanthocephala
Rotifera
Seisonacea

GBIF classification

Animalia
Acanthocephala (this page)
Archiacanthocephala
Eoacanthocephala
Palaeacanthocephala
Polyacanthocephala
Abranchus
Acantholoma
Acineta Ehrenberg 1834
Akeratidae
Ammodiscus Reuss 1862
Amphictenidae
Amphipalaemon
Annelida
Anomalina d'Orbigny 1826
Anuropodidae
Archaeocyathidae
Aurellia
Banffidae
Brachiopoda
Bulimina d'Orbigny 1826
Caeciliaidae
Ceratopsyllus
Cicada
Cnidaria
Coccosphaera
Colpidium Stein 1860
Conchoeciidae
Cremna
Cristellaria
Ctenopterygidae
Cubaridae
Cyclogyra
Discias
Dotonidae
Dromiusidae
Eimeria Schneider 1875
Enchelis
Enchelys O. F. Müller 1773
Eolididae
Eponides de Montfort 1808
Eschara
Ethmocoscinidae
Euglenesidae
Euthyris
Fryeria Gray 1853
Fursenkoina Loeblich & Tappan 1961
Gastrotricha
Glaucoma Ehrenberg 1830
Globigerina d'Orbigny 1826
Gordia Emmons 1844
Gracilariidae
Hanzawaia Asano 1944
Hectarthropidae
Ichneumon
Itonida Meigen 1800
Katharellidae
Lepidophthalmidae
Licrophycus Miller & Dyer 1878
Litosoma
Mithion Simon 1884
Mobergellidae
Nika
Nodosaria (Lamarck)
Nonion de Montfort 1808
Octopodoteuthis
Oncopodidae
Orbulina d'Orbigny 1839
Orthothecidae
Palemon
Paludinidae
Paraplangia
Patellina
Pedalia
Pharalis
Phoronida
Phyllopodidae
Physis Scopoli 1786
Planularia Defrance 1826
Platyhelminthes
Porifera
Porocyathellus Debrenne 1977
Pteridiniidae
Pugetomysis Banner 1948
Putorius Cuvier 1816
Quinqueloculina d'Orbigny 1826
Receptaculitidae
Rhinostoma
Robulina
Saccomorpha Radtke 1991
Sarcocystis Lankester 1882
Skinnera Wade 1969
Sorites Ehrenberg 1839
Spirifer
Stenopidae
Stentor Oken 1815
Tannuolaiidae
Tapaya
Tardigrada
Tetrahymena Furgason 1940
Thelxiopeidae
Tingididae
Tingitidae
Tintinnus Schrank 1803
Trunculariopsis Cossmann 1921
Walcottia S. A. Miller & Dyer
951 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Acanthocephala Rudolphi 1802 (this page)
Archiacanthocephala Meyer 1931
Eoacanthocephala Van Cleave 1936
Palaeacanthocephala Meyer 1931
Polyacanthocephala Amin 1987
Annelida
Brachiopoda
Bryozoa
Cycliophora Funch & Kristensen 1995
Entoprocta
Gastrotricha Metschnikoff 1865
Gnathostomulida Sterrer 1972
Micrognathozoa
Mollusca
Nemertea
Orthonectida Giard 1877
Phoronida
Platyhelminthes Minot 1876
Rhombozoa van Beneden 1876
Rotifera Cuvier 1817
Sipuncula

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Lophotrochozoa
Acanthocephala (this page)
Archiacanthocephala
Eoacanthocephala
Palaeacanthocephala
Polyacanthocephala
unclassified Acanthocephala
Annelida
Brachiopoda
Bryozoa
Cycliophora
Entoprocta
Gastrotricha
Mesozoa
Mollusca
Nemertea
Phoronida
Platyhelminthes

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Acanthocephala (this page)
Archiacanthocephala
Eoacanthocephala
Palaeacanthocephala
Zhijinitidae
Agnotozoa
Anabaritidae
Banffia
Bomakellia
Brachydelphis
Ceratophyton
Charniodiscus
Coeloscleritophora
Cuticulata
Cyrtochites
Eldoniida
Eumetazoa
Hemichordata
Hyolithelmintida
Libodiscus
Mitrosagophora
Monoblastozoa
Namacalathus
Nemathelminthes
Nilpenia
Oncopoda
Orthonectida
Paracarinachitid
Paraconodontida
Parenchymiens
Petalonamae
Pomoria
Problematica
Prometazoa
Quadrupedia
Rhombozoa
Saarinidae
Sinotubulites
Sinucta
Thectardis
Vermes
Xianguangia

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Acanthocephala (this page)
Eoacanthocephala
Eoacanthocephala Van Cleve 1936
Palaeacanthocephala
Palaeacanthocephala Meyer 1931
Acanthocephala Rudolphi 1808
Annelida
Annelida Lamarck 1802
Arthropoda
Arthropoda von Siebold 1848
Banffia
Banffia Walcott 1911
Brachiopoda
Brachiopoda Duméril 1805
Bryozoa
Bryozoa
Chaetognatha
Chaetognatha
Chordata
Chordata Haeckel 1874
Cnidaria
Cnidaria Hatschek 1888
Cornulites
Cornulites Schlotheim 1820
Ctenophora
Ctenophora Eschscholtz 1829
Cycliophora
Cycliophora Funch & Kristensen 1995
Dickinsonia
Dickinsonia Sprigg 1947
Dicyemida
Dicyemida van Beneden
Echinodermata
Echinodermata Klein 1778
Entoprocta
Entoprocta Nitsche 1869
Gastrotricha
Gastrotricha Metschnikoff 1865
Gnathostomulida
Gnathostomulida Riedl 1969
Hallucigenia
Hallucigenia Conway Morris 1977
Hemichordata
Hemichordata Bateson 1885
Hyolitha
Hyolitha Marek 1963
Kinorhyncha
Kinorhyncha Reinhard 1885
Loricifera
Loricifera Kristensen 1983
Microconchus
Microconchus Phillips ex Murchison 1839
Mollusca
Mollusca
Nematoda
Nematoda
Nematomorpha
Nematomorpha
Nemertea
Nemertea
Orthonectida
Orthonectida Giard 1877
Phoronida
Phoronida Hatschek 1888
Placozoa
Placozoa Grell 1971
Platyhelminthes
Platyhelminthes Minot 1876
Porifera
Porifera Grant 1836
Priapulida
Priapulida Théel 1906
Rotifera
Rotifera Cuvier 1817
Skolithos
Skolithos Haldeman 1840
Tardigrada
Tardigrada Doyère 1840
Vetulicola
Vetulicola Hou 1987
Xenacoelomorpha
Xenacoelomorpha Philippe, Brinkmann, Copley, Moroz, Nakano, Poustka, Wallberg, Peterson & Telford 2011
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