Nephridiacanthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Archiacanthocephala
Order: Oligacanthorhynchida
Family: Oligacanthorhynchidae
Genus: Nephridiacanthus
Meyer, 1931
Synonyms

Nephridiorhynchus Meyer, 1931

Nephridiacanthus is a genus of parasitic worms belonging to the family Oligacanthorhynchidae.[1]

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

Species

There are eight species in the genus Nephridiacanthus.[2][3][lower-alpha 1]

  • Nephridiacanthus gerberi Baer, 1959
  • Nephridiacanthus kamerunensis Meyer, 1931
  • Nephridiacanthus longissimus Golvan, 1962
  • Nephridiacanthus major (Bremser, 1811)

N. major has been found infesting the long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) and the southern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor) in Iran, Germany, Morocco, central Asia, Egypt, Bulgaria, Tajikistan, Lebanon, Sicily, Italy, Nigeria, Turkey and Mongolia. Phylogenetic analysis has been done on the small subunit ribosomal DNA and cytochrome c genes, and have determined that it belongs to the family Oligacanthorhynchidae.[4]

  • Nephridiacanthus manisensis Meyer, 1931
  • Nephridiacanthus maroccanus Dollfus, 1951
  • Nephridiacanthus palawanensis (Tubangui & Masiluñgan, 1938)
  • Nephridiacanthus thapari (Sen & Chauhan, 1972)

Notes

  1. ↑ A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the present genus.

References

  1. 1 2 "Nephridiacanthus Meyer, 1931". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Amin, Omar M. (September 19, 2013). "Classification of the Acanthocephala". Folia Parasitologica. 60 (4): 273–305. doi:10.14411/fp.2013.031. PMID 24261131.
  3. ↑ "Nephridiacanthus Meyer, 1931". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). November 3, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  4. ↑ Amin, O.M.; Sharifdini, M.; Heckmann, R.A.; Zarean, M. (2020). "New perspectives on Nephridiacanthus major (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae) collected from hedgehogs in Iran". Journal of Helminthology. 94: e133. doi:10.1017/S0022149X20000073. PMID 32114988. S2CID 211725160.


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