Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Palaeacanthocephala > Order Echinorhynchida > Family Echinorhynchidae > Subfamily Echinorhynchinae

Acanthocephalus Koelreuter, 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)
Acanthocephalus anthuris (Dujardin, 1845)
Acanthocephalus balkanicus Batchvarov & Combes, 1974
Acanthocephalus clavula Dujardin, 1845
Acanthocephalus curtus (Achmerov & Dombrowskaja-Achmerova, 1941)
Acanthocephalus falcatus (Frölich, 1789)
Acanthocephalus gracilicanthus Meyer, 1933
Acanthocephalus haranti Golvan & Oliver in Golvan, 1969
Acanthocephalus lucii (Müller, 1777)
Acanthocephalus paronai (Condorelli, 1897)
Acanthocephalus ranae (Schrank, 1788)
Acanthocephalus tenuirostris (Achmerov & Dombrowskaja-Achmerov, 1941)

Literature

basis of record	ITIS database
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. (2014). Acanthocephalus Koelreuther, 1771. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) 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 Koelreuter, 1771. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=387630