MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Paracanthocephalidae Golvan, 1960

ERMS taxon details

Paracanthocephalidae Golvan, 1960

AphiaID

1416332 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1416332)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Acanthocephalus Koelreuther, 1771 (type by original designation)

Parent

Echinorhynchida

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Genus Acanthocephalus Koelreuther, 1771

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Paracanthocephalidae Golvan, 1960. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=1416332 on 2026-07-26

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Paracanthocephalidae Golvan, 1960. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1416332 on 2026-07-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-01-22 09:38:17Z

created

Gibson, David

2020-12-14 12:32:41Z

changed

Wayland, Matthew

2020-12-17 15:59:25Z

changed

Gibson, David

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redescription García-Varela, M.; Andrade-Gómez, L. (2020). First steps to understand the systematics of Echinorhynchidae Cobbold, 1876 (Acanthocephala), inferred through nuclear gene sequences. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 81: 102264., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2020.102264 [details] Available for editors

identification resource Luna, M. D.; Olivera, L. A.; Barton, D. P.; García-Barrios, R. (2025). Adult Thorny-Headed Worm (Acanthocephala) Parasites of North American Herpetofauna: Checklist of Species and Identification Key to Families and Genera. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(3)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-30 [details]

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