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Acanthocephalus Tigrinae
Acanthocephalus may refer to: *Acanthocephalus (worm), ''Acanthocephalus'' (worm), a genus of parasitic worms *Acanthocephalus (plant), ''Acanthocephalus'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae {{Genus disambiguation ...
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Acanthocephalus (worm)
''Acanthocephalus'' is a genus of parasitic worms. One of the species in this genus is '' Acanthocephalus anguillae'' (Mueller, 1780), a fish parasite. Acanthocephalans are also found in humans and primates, causing a common zoonotic infection called "human acanthocephaliasis". While pathogens can be transferred among animals and humans, the main source of human acanthocephaliasis is the diet of infected raw fish and insects (Lotfy, 2020). 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 * '' Acanthocephalus clavula'' (Dujardin, 1845) * '' Acanthocephalus correalimai'' Machado, 1970 * '' ...
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