Acanthocephalus (worm)

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Acanthocephalus
Acanthocephalus parallelcementglandatus.tif
from Clarias batrachus. 15) Holotype male. Note the piercing of the incomplete outer proboscis receptacle posteriorly with retractor muscles. 16) A typical hook near the middle of the proboscis 17. Proboscis 18) Posterior part of the reproductive system showing detail of the parallel cement glands, common cement ducts, and sperm duct system (dotted).
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Echinorhynchida
Family: Echinorhynchidae
Genus: Acanthocephalus
Koelreuter, 1771
Species

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Acanthocephalus is a genus of parasitic worms. One of the species in this genus is Acanthocephalus anguillae (Mueller, 1780), a fish parasite. 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:

  • Machado, 1891
  • Van Cleave, 1931
  • Amin and Williams, 1983
  • Acanthocephalus anguillae (Mueller, 1780)
  • (Dujardin, 1845)
  • Batchvoarov, 1974
  • Kennedy, 1982
  • Burton & Pichelin, 1999 [1]
  • (Dujardin, 1845)
  • Machado, 1970
  • Anow, 1971
  • (Achenrov, et al., 1941)
  • Acanthocephalus dirus (Van Cleave, 1931)
  • (Golvan, et al., 1972
  • Acanthocephalus echigoensis Fujita, 1920
  • Van Cleave, 1937
  • (Froelich, 1789)
  • Paperna, 1964
  • Hine, 1977
  • Jain and Gupta, 1981
  • Van Cleave, 1925
  • Meyer, 1932
  • Golvan and Oliver, 1969
  • Bayliss, 1944
  • (Fukui and Morisita, 1936)
  • Datta, 1936
  • Datta and Soota, 1956
  • Van Cleave, 1925
  • Acanthocephalus lucii (Müller, 1776)
  • (Linstow, 1896)
  • Golvan, 1965
  • Yamaguti, 1935
  • Van Cleave, 1925
  • Amin, Heckmann & Ha, 2014 [2]
  • Achmerov, et al., 1941
  • (Condorelli, 1897)
  • Tadros, 1966
  • (Schrank, 1788)
  • (Schmidt, 1969)
  • Smales, Sasal & Taraschewski, 2007 [3]
  • Crusz and Mills, 1970
  • Crusz and Ching, 1976
  • Oetinger and Buckner, 1976
  • (Achmerov, et al., 1941)
  • (Shipley, 1903)
  • (Linstow, 1896)

References[]

  1. ^ Barton, D.P.; Pichelin, S. (2014). "Acanthocephalus bufonis (Acanthocephala) from Bufo marinus (Bufonidae: Amphibia) in Hawaii". Parasite. 6 (3): 269–272. doi:10.1051/parasite/1999063269. open access
  2. ^ Amin, Omar Mohamed; Heckmann, Richard Anderson; Ha, Nguyen Van (2014). "Acanthocephalans from fishes and amphibians in Vietnam, with descriptions of five new species". Parasite. 21: 53. doi:10.1051/parasite/2014052. PMC 4204126. PMID 25331738. open access
  3. ^ Smales, L.R.; Sasal, P.; Taraschewski, H. (2007). "Acanthocephalus reunionensis n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae), a parasite of Anguilla species (Anguillidae) from Reunion Island". Parasite. 14 (2): 131–134. doi:10.1051/parasite/2007142131. ISSN 1252-607X. open access
  • 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.


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