Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Palaeacanthocephala > Order Polymorphida > Family Polymorphidae

Andracantha Schmidt, 1975

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hemiechinosoma*	auct.	misapplied name

Children

Andracantha mergi (Lundstrom, 1941)
Andracantha phalacrocoracis (Yamaguti, 1939) Schmidt, 1975
Andracantha tunitae (Weiss, 1914) Zdzitowiecki, 1989

Literature

original description	Schmidt, G. D. (1975). Andracantha, a new genus of Acanthocephala (Polymorphidae) from fish-eating birds, with descriptions of three species. The Journal of Parasitology. 615-620.
basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	García-Varela, M.; Hernández-Orts, J.; López-Jiménez, A.; González-García, M. (2023). Molecular and morphological characterization of Andracantha gravida (Alegret, 1941) (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in piscivorous birds from the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Helminthology. 97.
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. Journal of Helminthology. 1-12.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Andracantha Schmidt, 1975. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:20308

Dr. David Gibson. Andracantha Schmidt, 1975. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d15bd63a-727f-454e-8b70-1fae5cfcad2f