Reproduction
Object Category
model
Common Name
Thorny-headed worm
Sex
male
Description
Set of 4 wax models showing the development of a parasitic wormi by Rudolf Weisker. On black wood bases with brass stands.
Binomial Name
Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus
Collection
Wax Models, Weisker Wax Models
Associated Person
Production Date
possibly 1884
Accession Number
LDUCZ-F84
Administration Name
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)
