Acanthocephalus (animal)

Taxobox
name = "Acanthocephalus"
regnum = Animalia
subregnum = Eumetazoa
branch = Bilateria
superphylum = Platyzoa
phylum = Acanthocephala
classis = Palaeacanthocephala
ordo = Echinorhynchida
family = Echinorhynchidae
genus = "Acanthocephalus"
genus_authority = Koelreuter, 1771

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

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