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  Superphylum Gnathifera

Phylum Acanthocephala

Taxon Information

The Phylum Acanthocephala is not recorded from fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Acanthocephala, "1,194 species" (Zhang, 2011).
• Acanthocephala, [700 described species] (Brusca & Brusca, 2003).

Bibliography

• Zhang, Z.-Q. 2011. Animal biodiversity: An introduction to higher-level classification and taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 7-12. [Available online]
• Monks, S. & D.J. Richardson. 2011. Phylum Acanthocephala Kohlreuther, 1771 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 234-237. [Available online]
• Brusca, R.C. & G.J. Brusca. 2003. Invertebrates, 2nd edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, Massachusetts. 936 pp.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Wikipedia
• World Register of Marine Species