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

Acanthocephalus Koelreuther, 1771

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Paracanthocephalus Achmerov & Dombrowskaja-Achmerova, 1941 generic synonym
Pseudoechinorhynchus Petrochenko, 1956 generic synonym

Children

Acanthocephalus anguillae (Müller, 1780) Lühe, 1911
Acanthocephalus anthuris (Dujardin, 1845)
Acanthocephalus balkanicus Batchvarov & Combes, 1974
Acanthocephalus clavula (Dujardin, 1845) Grabda-Kazubska & Chubb, 1968
Acanthocephalus curtus (Achmerov & Dombrowskaja-Achmerova, 1941)
Acanthocephalus falcatus (Frölich, 1789)
Acanthocephalus gracilicanthus Meyer, 1933
Acanthocephalus haranti Golvan & Oliver in Golvan, 1969
Acanthocephalus lucii (Müller, 1776) Lühe, 1911
Acanthocephalus paronai (Condorelli, 1897)
Acanthocephalus ranae (Schrank, 1788)
Acanthocephalus tenuirostris (Achmerov & Dombrowskaja-Achmerov, 1941)

Literature

basis of record

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Arai, H. P. (1989). Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada. Part III. Acanthocephala. L. Margolis and Z. Kabata (Eds). Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 107: 1-90.

additional source

Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158.

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Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Acanthocephalus Koelreuther, 1771. 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:20296

Dr. David Gibson. Acanthocephalus Koelreuther, 1771. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/65281c5b-2e10-4bd2-8cf9-3b2d8373522e

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

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2020-12-14 by Dr. David Gibson & by Matthew Wayland

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