Reproduction
model
Thorny-headed worm
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Set of 4 wax models showing the development of a parasitic wormi by Rudolf Weisker. On black wood bases with brass stands.
Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus
Wax Models, Weisker Wax Models
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
possibly 1884
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
LDUCZ-F84
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)
