Genus Acanthocephalus Koelreuter, 1771

Museums

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• Acanthocephalus Koelreuter, I.T. 1771. Descriptio Cyprini rutili, quem halaweï russi vocant, historico-anatomica. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 15: 494-503 [503].

  Type species:

   Acanthocephalus anguillae Müller, 1780 by original designation.
• Paracanthocephalus Achmerov, A.K. & Dombrowskaja-Achmerova, O.S.D. 1941. Nouveaux Acanthocéphales des Poissons du Fleuve Amour. Comptes Rendus l'Academie des Sciences de l'URSS 31: 517-520.
• Pseudoechinorhynchus Petrochenko, V.I. 1956. Acanthocephala of Domestic and Wild Animals Vol. 1. Moscow : Akademiya Nauk SSSR Vol. 1 478pp. [160].
• Metechinorhynchus Petrochenko, V.I. 1956. Acanthocephala of Domestic and Wild Animals Vol. 1. Moscow : Akademiya Nauk SSSR Vol. 1 478pp. [160].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Amin, O.M. & Redlin, M.J. 1980. The effect of host species on growth and variability of Echinorhynchus salmonis Muller, 1784 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae), with special reference to the status of the genus. Systematic Parasitology 2(1): 9-20 [20]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania

History of changes