''Acanthocephalus'' is a genus of parasitic worms. One of the species in this genus is ''
Acanthocephalus anguillae'' (Mueller, 1780), a fish
parasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
. 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 Dujardin is a French surname, meaning "from the garden", and may refer to:
* Charlotte Dujardin, British dressage rider
* Édouard Dujardin, French writer
* Félix Dujardin (1801–1860), French biologist
* Jean Dujardin, French actor and comedia ...
, 1845)
* ''
Acanthocephalus balkanicus''
Batchvoarov, 1974
* ''
Acanthocephalus breviprostatus''
Kennedy, 1982
* ''
Acanthocephalus bufonis''
Burton & Pichelin, 1999 [ ]
* ''
Acanthocephalus clavula''
(Dujardin Dujardin is a French surname, meaning "from the garden", and may refer to:
* Charlotte Dujardin, British dressage rider
* Édouard Dujardin, French writer
* Félix Dujardin (1801–1860), French biologist
* Jean Dujardin, French actor and comedia ...
, 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 Linstow or von Linstow may refer to:
* Linstow AS, one of the largest companies of Norway
* Dobbin-Linstow, a municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
* Hans Linstow (1787–1851), a Danish-born, Norwegian architec ...
, 1896)
* ''
Acanthocephalus madagascariensis''
Golvan, 1965
* ''
Acanthocephalus minor''
Yamaguti, 1935
* ''
Acanthocephalus nanus''
Van Cleave, 1925
* ''
Acanthocephalus opsariichthydis''
* ''
Acanthocephalus parallelcementglandatus''
Amin, Heckmann & Ha, 2014 [ ]
* ''
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 [ ]
* ''
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 Linstow or von Linstow may refer to:
* Linstow AS, one of the largest companies of Norway
* Dobbin-Linstow, a municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
* Hans Linstow (1787–1851), a Danish-born, Norwegian architec ...
, 1896)
References
*Lotfy, Wael M. (2020). "Neglected rare human parasitic infections: Part III: Acanthocephaliasis". Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt, Vol. 13.
Echinorhynchidae
Acanthocephala genera
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