Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Palaeacanthocephala > Order Echinorhynchida > Family Paracanthocephalidae > Genus Acanthocephalus

Acanthocephalus lucii (Müller, 1776) Lühe, 1911

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acanthocephalus*	Koelreuther, 1771	accepted genus name
*Paracanthocephalus*	Achmerov & Dombrowskaja-Achmerova, 1941	generic synonym
*Pseudoechinorhynchus*	Petrochenko, 1956	generic synonym

Species group names

*Echinorhynchus lucii*	Müller, 1776	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: fish acanthocephalan; spiny-headed worm; thorny-headed worm of fish sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Fischkratzer

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D.I. (2001). Acanthocephala, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 176-177
additional source	Sures, B.; Kvach, Y.; Kuchta, R. (2018). Acanthocephala:. In: Scholz,T.; Vanhove, M. P. M.; Smit, N.; Jayasundera, Z. & Gelnar, M. A Guide to the Parasites of African Freshwater Fishes. CEBioS, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels. 287-296.
additional source	Bauer, O. N.; Skrjabin, E. S. (1987). Class Acanthocephala. In: Keys to the parasites of freshwater fishes of the fauna of the USSR. Vol. 3: 312-339. (In Russian).
additional source	Tavakol, S.; Amin, O. M.; Luus-Powell, W. J.; Halajian, A. (2015). The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa. 4033(2): 237.
additional source	Orosová, M.; Marková, A. (2024). Chromosomal mapping of 5S rDNA in two species of the genus Acanthocephalus (Echinorhynchida). Parasitology Research. 123(10).
additional source	Sokolov, S. G.; Reshetnikov, A. N. (2020). A checklist of parasites of non‐native populations of the fish rotan Perccottus glenii (Odontobutidae): Communication II. Journal of Applied Ichthyology.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Acanthocephalus lucii (Müller, 1776) Lühe, 1911. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100587

Dr. David Gibson. Acanthocephalus lucii (Müller, 1776) Lühe, 1911. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/695807c6-313b-4439-ad51-b2ff9cd674fd