Acanthogyrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Eoacanthocephala
Order: Gyracanthocephala
Family: Quadrigyridae
Subfamily: Pallisentinae
Genus: Acanthogyrus
Thapar, 1927

Acanthogyrus is a genus of parasitic worms belonging to the family Quadrigyridae.[1]

The species of this genus are found in Africa.[1]

Golvan in 1959 divided the genus Acanthogyrus into two subgenera: Acanthogyrus and Acanthosentis based on the number of proboscis hooks; there are 18 (3 circles of 6 hooks each) in Acanthosentis and 24 (3 circles of 8 hooks each) in Acanthogyrus.

Acanthogyrus (Acanthogyrus) Thapar, 1927

  • Acanthogyrus acanthogyrus Thapar, 1927

Found in the intestine of a rohu (Labeo rohita) in Lucknow, and from the intestines of a catla (Catla catla) from Kolkata, both in India.

  • Acanthogyrus tripathi Rai, 1967

Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) Verma and Datta, 1929

  • Acanthogyrus acanthuri (Cable and Quick, 1954)
  • Acanthogyrus adriaticus Amin, 2005
  • Acanthogyrus alternatspinus Amin, 2005
  • Acanthogyrus anguillae (Wang, 1981)
  • Acanthogyrus antespinus (Verma and Datta, 1929)
  • Acanthogyrus arii (Bilqees, 1971)
  • Acanthogyrus bacailai (Verma, 1973)
  • Acanthogyrus barmeshoori Amin, Gholami, Akhlaghi and Heckmann, 2013

A. barmeshoori was found infesting Aphanius farsicus in Maharlou Lake, Fars Province, Iran.[2]

  • Acanthogyrus betwai (Tripathi, 1956)
  • Acanthogyrus bilaspurensis (Chowhan, Gupta and Khera, 1987)
  • Acanthogyrus cameroni (Gupta and Kajaji, 1969)
  • Acanthogyrus cheni Amin, 2005
  • Acanthogyrus dattai (Podder, 1938)
  • Acanthogyrus giuris (Soota and Sen, 1956)
  • Acanthogyrus gobindi (Chowhan, Gupta and Khera, 1987)
  • Acanthogyrus golvani (Gupta and Jain, 1980)
  • Acanthogyrus heterospinus (Khan and Bilqees, 1990)
  • Acanthogyrus holospinus (Sen, 1937)
  • Acanthogyrus indicus (Tripathi, 1959)
  • Acanthogyrus intermedius (Achmerov and Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941)
  • Acanthogyrus lizae (Wang, 1986)
  • Acanthogyrus malawiensis Amin and Hendrix, 1999
  • Acanthogyrus maroccanus (Dollfus, 1951)
  • Acanthogyrus multispinus Wang, 1966
  • Acanthogyrus nigeriensis Dollfus and Golvan, 1956
  • Acanthogyrus papilo Troncy and Vassiliades, 1974
  • Acanthogyrus parareceptaclis Amin, 2005
  • Acanthogyrus partispinus (Furtado, 1963)
  • Acanthogyrus paucispinus Wang, 1966
  • Acanthogyrus periophthalmi (Wang, 1980)
  • Acanthogyrus phillipi (Mashego, 1988)
  • Acanthogyrus putitorae (Chowhan, Gupta and Khera, 1988)
  • Acanthogyrus scomberomori (Wang, 1980)
  • Acanthogyrus seenghalae (Chowhan, Gupta and Khera, 1988)
  • Acanthogyrus shashiensis (Tso, Chen, and Chien, 1974)
  • Acanthogyrus shuklai (Agrawal and Singh, 1982)
  • Acanthogyrus siamensis (Farooqi and Sirikanchana, 1987)
  • Acanthogyrus similis (Wang, 1980)
  • Acanthogyrus sircari (Podder, 1941)
  • Acanthogyrus thapari (Parasad, Sahay and Shambhunath, 1969)
  • Acanthogyrus tilapiae (Baylis, 1948) [3]
  • Acanthogyrus vancleavei (Gupta and Fatma, 1986)
  • Acanthogyrus vittatusi (Verma, 1973)

References

  1. 1 2 "Acanthogyrus Thapar, 1927". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Tavakol, Sareh; Amin, Omar M.; Luus-Powell, Wilmien J.; Halajian, Ali (22 October 2015). "The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list". Zootaxa. 4033 (2): 237. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3. PMID 26624401.
  3. ↑ Louizi, Halima; Hill-Spanik, Kristina M.; Qninba, Abdeljebbar; Connors, Vincent A.; Belafhaili, Amine; Agnèse, Jean-Francois; Pariselle, Antoine; de Buron, Isaure (2022). "Parasites of Moroccan desert Coptodon guineensis (Pisces, Cichlidae): transition and resilience in a simplified hypersaline ecosystem". Parasite. 29: 64. doi:10.1051/parasite/2022064. Open access icon


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