WoRMS taxon details
Andracantha Schmidt, 1975
20308 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:20308)
accepted
Genus
- Species Andracantha baylisi (Zdzitowiecki, 1986) Zdzitowiecki, 1989
- Species Andracantha clavata (Goss, 1940) Zdzitowiecki, 1989
- Species Andracantha gravida (Alegret, 1941) Schmidt, 1975
- Species Andracantha leucocarboi Presswell, García-Varela & Smales, 2017
- Species Andracantha mergi (Lundström, 1942) Schmidt, 1975
- Species Andracantha phalacrocoracis (Yamaguti, 1939) Schmidt, 1975
- Species Andracantha sigma Presswell, García-Varela & Smales, 2017
- Species Andracantha tandemtesticulata Monteiro, Amato & Amato, 2006
- Species Andracantha tunitae (Weiss, 1914) Zdzitowiecki, 1989
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Schmidt, G. D. (1975). Andracantha, a new genus of Acanthocephala (Polymorphidae) from fish-eating birds, with descriptions of three species. <em>The Journal of Parasitology.</em> 615-620. [details]
Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Andracantha Schmidt, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=20308 on 2025-03-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmidt, G. D. (1975). Andracantha, a new genus of Acanthocephala (Polymorphidae) from fish-eating birds, with descriptions of three species. <em>The Journal of Parasitology.</em> 615-620. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Presswell, B.; García-Varela, M.; Smales, L. (2017). Morphological and molecular characterization of two new species of Andracantha (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from New Zealand shags (Phalacrocoracidae) and penguins (Spheniscidae) with a key to the species. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 1-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x17001067 [details]
Other
additional source
García-Varela, M.; Hernández-Orts, J.; López-Jiménez, A.; González-García, M. (2023). Molecular and morphological characterization of <i>Andracantha gravida</i> (Alegret, 1941) (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in piscivorous birds from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 97., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x22000955 [details]
