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Nathalia Tirado Marine Ecologist & Curator, CDF Marine Collections, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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Spiny-headed worms
In this phylum only a single species is currently known from the Galapagos.
Acanthocephala are worms with a spiny head. They have complex parasitic life cycles, passing through several host species.
Author: Nathalia Tirado.
Names of taxa included: 0.
Acanthocephala Species Checklist
Checklist COMING SOON
This checklist is currently under revision, and will be online soon.
You are welcome to download and use this information acknowledging the origin of the data.
This list should be cited as follows:
Tirado, N. (2011). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Spiny-headed worms - FCD Lista de especies de Gusanos de cabeza espinosa de Galápagos. In: Bungartz, F., Herrera, H., Jaramillo, P., Tirado, N., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Ruiz, D., Guézou, A. & Ziemmeck, F. (eds.). Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist - Lista de Especies de Galápagos de la Fundación Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin Foundation / Fundación Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/marine-invertebrates/acanthocephala/ Last updated 18 Mar 2011.