Acanthocephala
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Profilicollis altmani (class Palaeacanthocephala) removed from its host 
Acanthocephala terminalis
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “thorn”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Pronunciation
- English:
Proper noun
Acanthocephala
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia – intestinal worms that have a proboscis armed with recurved spines.
- Acanthocephala f A taxonomic genus within the family Coreidae – leaf-footed bugs.
- Synonym of Parodia (in family Cactaceae).
Synonyms
- (phylum): Acanthocephali
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum
- (genus in Coreidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Paraneoptera – superorder; Hemiptera – order; Heteroptera – suborder; Pentatomomorpha – infraorder; Coreoidea – superfamily; Coreidae – family; Coreinae - subfamily; Acanthocephalini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Archiacanthocephala, Eoacanthocephala, Palaeacanthocephala, Polyacanthocephala (classes)
- (genus of Coreidae): Acanthocephala affinis, Acanthocephala alata, Acanthocephala angustipes, Acanthocephala apicalis, Acanthocephala arcuata, Acanthocephala bicoloripes, Acanthocephala concolor, Acanthocephala consobrina, Acanthocephala dallasi, Acanthocephala declivis, Acanthocephala equalis, Acanthocephala femorata, Acanthocephala fulvitarsa, Acanthocephala hamata, Acanthocephala heissi, Acanthocephala latipes, Acanthocephala mercur, Acanthocephala ochracea, Acanthocephala parensis, Acanthocephala pittieri, Acanthocephala pleuritica, Acanthocephala scutellata, Acanthocephala surata, Acanthocephala terminalis, Acanthocephala thomasi, Acanthocephala unicolor (species)
References
- (phylum):
Acanthocephala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Acanthocephala on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Acanthocephala at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Acanthocephala at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
- (genus of Coreidae):
- Acanthocephala (insect) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Acanthocephala on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Acanthocephala at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
