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Acanthocephalus Koelreuter, 1771
Taxonomic Serial No.: 64269

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Paracanthocephalus Achmerov and Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2015

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Platyzoa
	Phylum	Acanthocephala Rudolphi, 1802 – spiny-headed worms, acantocéfalo, thorny-headed worms
	Class	Palaeacanthocephala Meyer, 1931
	Order	Echinorhynchida Southwell and Macfie, 1925
	Family	Echinorhynchidae Cobbold, 1876
	Subfamily	Echinorhynchinae Cobbold, 1876
	Genus	Acanthocephalus Koelreuter, 1771
		Direct Children:
	Species	Acanthocephalus acutispinus Machado-Filho, 1968
	Species	Acanthocephalus acutulus Van Cleave, 1931
	Species	Acanthocephalus alabamensis Amin and Williams, 1983
	Species	Acanthocephalus amini Salgado-Maldonado, 2009
	Species	Acanthocephalus anguillae (Müller, 1780)
	Species	Acanthocephalus anthuris (Dujardin, 1845)
	Species	Acanthocephalus artatus Van Cleave, 1925
	Species	Acanthocephalus balkanicus Batchvoarov, 1974
	Species	Acanthocephalus clavula (Dujardin, 1845)
	Species	Acanthocephalus correalimai Machado-Filho, 1970
	Species	Acanthocephalus criniae Snow, 1971
	Species	Acanthocephalus curtus (Achmerov and Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941)
	Species	Acanthocephalus dirus (Van Cleave, 1931)
	Species	Acanthocephalus domerguei Golvan, Bygoo and Gassmann, 1972
	Species	Acanthocephalus echigoensis Fujita, 1920
	Species	Acanthocephalus falcatus (Frölich, 1789)
	Species	Acanthocephalus fluviatilis Paperna, 1964
	Species	Acanthocephalus galaxii Hine, 1977
	Species	Acanthocephalus goaensis Jain and Gupta, 1981
	Species	Acanthocephalus gotoi Van Cleave, 1925
	Species	Acanthocephalus gracilacanthus Meyer, 1932
	Species	Acanthocephalus halongensis Amin and Ha, 2011
	Species	Acanthocephalus haranti Golvan and Oliver in Golvan, 1969
	Species	Acanthocephalus hastae Baylis, 1944
	Species	Acanthocephalus japonicus (Fukui and Morisita, 1936)
	Species	Acanthocephalus kabulensis Datta and Soota, 1956
	Species	Acanthocephalus kashmirensis Datta, 1936
	Species	Acanthocephalus lizus Li, 1984
	Species	Acanthocephalus loktakensis Shomorendra, Ranibala and Jha, 2009
	Species	Acanthocephalus lucii (Müller, 1776)
	Species	Acanthocephalus madagascariensis Golvan, 1965
	Species	Acanthocephalus manipurensis Bhattacharya, 2007
	Species	Acanthocephalus minor Yamaguti, 1935
	Species	Acanthocephalus nanus Van Cleave, 1925
	Species	Acanthocephalus nickoli Khan and Bilqees, 1994
	Species	Acanthocephalus opsariichthydis Yamaguti, 1935
	Species	Acanthocephalus parallelcementglandatus Amin, Heckmann and Ha, 2014
	Species	Acanthocephalus parallelotestis Achmerov and Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941
	Species	Acanthocephalus pesteri Tadros, 1966
	Species	Acanthocephalus ranae (Schrank, 1788)
	Species	Acanthocephalus rauschi (Schmidt, 1969)
	Species	Acanthocephalus reunionensis Smales, Sasal and Taraschewski, 2007
	Species	Acanthocephalus rhinensis Amin, Thielen, Münderle, Taraschewski and Sures, 2008
	Species	Acanthocephalus saurius Bursey and Goldberg, 2003
	Species	Acanthocephalus serendibensis Crusz and Mills, 1970
	Species	Acanthocephalus sichuanensis Wang and Zhang, 1987
	Species	Acanthocephalus sinensis Van Cleave, 1937
	Species	Acanthocephalus srilankensis Crusz and Ching, 1976
	Species	Acanthocephalus tahlequahensis Oetinger and Buckner, 1976
	Species	Acanthocephalus tenuirostris (Achmerov and Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941)
	Species	Acanthocephalus tigrinae (Shipley, 1903)
	Species	Acanthocephalus tumescens (von Linstow, 1896)
	Species	Acanthocephalus ula Lent and Santos, 1990

References


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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Acanthocephalus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Amin, Omar M.
	Publication Date:	2013
	Article/Chapter Title:	Classification of the Acanthocephala
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Folia Parasitologica, vol. 60, no. 4
	Page(s):	273-305
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	ISBN/ISSN:	0015-5683
	Notes:	Available online at http://folia.paru.cas.cz/
	Reference for:	Acanthocephalus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Amin, Omar M. / Crompton, D. W. T. and Brent B. Nickol
	Publication Date:	1985
	Article/Chapter Title:	Classification
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Biology of the Acanthocephala
	Page(s):	27-72
	Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
	Publication Place:	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-521-24674-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Acanthocephalus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Golvan, Yves J.
	Publication Date:	1969
	Article/Chapter Title:	Systématique des Acanthocéphales (Acanthocephala Rudolphi, 1801) Premiere partie L'Ordre des Palaecanthocephala Meyer 1931 premiere fascicule la super-damille des Echinorhynchoidea (Cobbold, 1876) Golvan et Houin, 1963
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Memoires du Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, ser. A, vol. 57
	Page(s):	291
	Publisher:	Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle
	Publication Place:	Paris
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	Notes:
	Reference for:	Acanthocephalus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Yamaguti, Satyu
	Publication Date:	1963
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	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Systema Helminthum, Volume V, Acanthocephala
	Page(s):	vii + 423
	Publisher:	Interscience Publishers, John Wiley & Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, London
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	Reference for:	Acanthocephalus

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