Reproduction
model
Thorny-headed worm
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Wax model of female parasitic worm by Rudolf Weisker. Model is slightly damaged and shows evidence of having been previously repaired. On black wood base with brass stand.
Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus
Wax Models, Lankester 1890 Grant Museum Catalogue, Weisker Wax Models
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
circa 1884
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
LDUCZ-F26
Grant Museum of Zoology
Hierarchy
Animalia (kingdom)
Eumetazoa (subkingdom)
Bilateria
Protostomia
Platyzoa
Acanthocephala (phylum/division)
Archiacanthocephala (class)
Oligacanthorhynchida (order)
Oligacanthorhynchidae (family)
Macracanthorhynchus (genus)
hirudinaceus (species)
