Acanthocephalus (animal)

Acanthocephalus is a genus of parasitic worms. One of the species in this genus is Acanthocephalus anguillae (Mueller, 1780), a fish parasite.

Acanthocephalus
Acanthocephalus parallelcementglandatus from Clarias batrachus. 15) Holotype male. Note the piercing of the incomplete outer proboscis receptacle posteriorly with retractor muscles. 16) A typical hook near the middle of the proboscis 17. Proboscis 18) Posterior part of the reproductive system showing detail of the parallel cement glands, common cement ducts, and sperm duct system (dotted).
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Echinorhynchida
Family: Echinorhynchidae
Genus: Acanthocephalus
Koelreuter, 1771
Species

see text

Contains the following species:

  • Acanthocephalus acutispinus Machado, 1891
  • Acanthocephalus acutulus Van Cleave, 1931
  • Acanthocephalus alabamensis Amin and Williams, 1983
  • Acanthocephalus anguillae (Mueller, 1780)
  • Acanthocephalus anthuris (Dujardin, 1845)
  • Acanthocephalus balkanicus Batchvoarov, 1974
  • Acanthocephalus breviprostatus Kennedy, 1982
  • Acanthocephalus bufonis Burton & Pichelin, 1999 [1]
  • Acanthocephalus clavula (Dujardin, 1845)
  • Acanthocephalus correalimai Machado, 1970
  • Acanthocephalus criniae Anow, 1971
  • Acanthocephalus curtus (Achenrov, et al., 1941)
  • Acanthocephalus dirus (Van Cleave, 1931)
  • Acanthocephalus domerguei (Golvan, et al., 1972
  • Acanthocephalus echigoensis Fujita, 1920
  • Acanthocephalus elongatus Van Cleave, 1937
  • Acanthocephalus falcatus (Froelich, 1789)
  • Acanthocephalus fluviatilis Paperna, 1964
  • Acanthocephalus galaxii Hine, 1977
  • Acanthocephalus goaensis Jain and Gupta, 1981
  • Acanthocephalus gotoi Van Cleave, 1925
  • Acanthocephalus graciliacanthus Meyer, 1932
  • Acanthocephalus haranti Golvan and Oliver, 1969
  • Acanthocephalus hastae Bayliss, 1944
  • Acanthocephalus japonicus (Fukui and Morisita, 1936)
  • Acanthocephalus kaskmirensis Datta, 1936
  • Acanthocephalus kubulensis Datta and Soota, 1956
  • Acanthocephalus lucidus Van Cleave, 1925
  • Acanthocephalus lucii (Müller, 1776)
  • Acanthocephalus lutzi (Linstow, 1896)
  • Acanthocephalus madagascariensis Golvan, 1965
  • Acanthocephalus minor Yamaguti, 1935
  • Acanthocephalus nanus Van Cleave, 1925
  • Acanthocephalus opsariichthydis
  • Acanthocephalus parallelcementglandatus Amin, Heckmann & Ha, 2014 [2]
  • Acanthocephalus parallelotestis Achmerov, et al., 1941
  • Acanthocephalus paronai (Condorelli, 1897)
  • Acanthocephalus pesteri Tadros, 1966
  • Acanthocephalus ranae (Schrank, 1788)
  • Acanthocephalus rauschi (Schmidt, 1969)
  • Acanthocephalus reunionensis Smales, Sasal & Taraschewski, 2007 [3]
  • Acanthocephalus sameguiensis
  • Acanthocephalus serendibensis Crusz and Mills, 1970
  • Acanthocephalus srilankensis Crusz and Ching, 1976
  • Acanthocephalus tahleguahensis Oetinger and Buckner, 1976
  • Acanthocephalus tenuirostris (Achmerov, et al., 1941)
  • Acanthocephalus tigrinae (Shipley, 1903)
  • Acanthocephalus tumescens (Linstow, 1896)

References
  1. Barton, D.P.; Pichelin, S. (2014). "Acanthocephalus bufonis (Acanthocephala) from Bufo marinus (Bufonidae: Amphibia) in Hawaii". Parasite. 6 (3): 269–272. doi:10.1051/parasite/1999063269.
  2. Amin, Omar Mohamed; Heckmann, Richard Anderson; Ha, Nguyen Van (2014). "Acanthocephalans from fishes and amphibians in Vietnam, with descriptions of five new species". Parasite. 21: 53. doi:10.1051/parasite/2014052. PMC 4204126. PMID 25331738.
  3. Smales, L.R.; Sasal, P.; Taraschewski, H. (2007). "Acanthocephalus reunionensis n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae), a parasite of Anguilla species (Anguillidae) from Reunion Island". Parasite. 14 (2): 131–134. doi:10.1051/parasite/2007142131. ISSN 1252-607X.


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