The earliest recognisable description of Acanthocephala – a worm with a proboscis armed with hooks – was made by Italian author Francesco Redi (1684). In 1771, Joseph Koelreuter proposed the name Acanthocephala. Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller independently called them Echinorhynchus in 1776. Karl Rudolphi in 1809 formally named them Acanthocephala.
The earliest recognisable description of Acanthocephala – a worm with a proboscis armed with hooks – was made by Italian author Francesco Redi (1684) In 1771 Joseph Koelreuter proposed the name Acanthocephala Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller independently called them Echinorhynchus in 1776 Karl Rudolphi in 1809 formally named them Acanthocephala