Acanthogyrus

Acanthogyrus
Scientific classification
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. The species of this genus are found in Africa.

Taxonomy

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.^{[citation needed]}

Description

There are between 18 and 24 hooks on the proboscis.

Species

There are many species in the genus 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.^{[citation needed]}

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 the Farsi toothcarp (Aphanius farsicus) in Maharloo Lake, Fars province, Iran.

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)
Acanthogyrus vancleavei (Gupta and Fatma, 1986)
Acanthogyrus vittatusi (Verma, 1973)

Hosts

Acanthogyrus parasitizes fish.

Distribution

The species of this genus are found in Africa.

Notes

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

References

1 2 3 "Acanthogyrus Thapar, 1927". gbif.org. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
↑ Amin, Omar (February 2005). "Occurrence of the subgenus Acanthosentis Verma & Datta, 1929 (Acanthocephala: Quadrigyridae) in Japan, with the description of Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) alternatspinus n. sp. and A. (A.) parareceptaclis n. sp. from Lake Biwa drainage fishes and a key to the species of the subgenus". Systematic Parasitology. 60 (2): 125–137. doi:10.1007/s11230-004-1386-5. PMID 15841349.
↑ 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): 237–258. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3. PMID 26624401.
↑ 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. PMC 9879152. PMID 36562431.

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[2] A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the present genus.

[GBIF-1] 1 2 3 "Acanthogyrus Thapar, 1927". gbif.org. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

[3] Amin, Omar (February 2005). "Occurrence of the subgenus Acanthosentis Verma & Datta, 1929 (Acanthocephala: Quadrigyridae) in Japan, with the description of Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) alternatspinus n. sp. and A. (A.) parareceptaclis n. sp. from Lake Biwa drainage fishes and a key to the species of the subgenus". Systematic Parasitology. 60 (2): 125–137. doi:10.1007/s11230-004-1386-5. PMID 15841349.

[Tavakol2015-4] 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): 237–258. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3. PMID 26624401.

[Louizi2022-5] 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. PMC 9879152. PMID 36562431.