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

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. ^[a]

Acanthogyrus (Acanthogyrus)Thapar, 1927

• Acanthogyrus acanthogyrusThapar, 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 tripathiRai, 1967

Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis)Verma and Datta, 1929

• Acanthogyrus acanthuri(Cable and Quick, 1954)
• Acanthogyrus adriaticusAmin, 2005
• Acanthogyrus alternatspinusAmin, 2005 ^[2]
• Acanthogyrus anguillae(Wang, 1981)
• Acanthogyrus antespinus(Verma and Datta, 1929)
• Acanthogyrus arii(Bilqees, 1971)
• Acanthogyrus bacailai(Verma, 1973)
• Acanthogyrus barmeshooriAmin, Gholami, Akhlaghi and Heckmann, 2013

A. barmeshoori was found infesting the Farsi toothcarp (Aphanius farsicus) in Maharloo Lake, Fars province, Iran. ^[3]

• Acanthogyrus betwai(Tripathi, 1956)
• Acanthogyrus bilaspurensis(Chowhan, Gupta and Khera, 1987)
• Acanthogyrus cameroni(Gupta and Kajaji, 1969)
• Acanthogyrus cheniAmin, 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 malawiensisAmin and Hendrix, 1999
• Acanthogyrus maroccanus(Dollfus, 1951)
• Acanthogyrus multispinusWang, 1966
• Acanthogyrus nigeriensis Dollfus and Golvan, 1956
• Acanthogyrus papiloTroncy and Vassiliades, 1974
• Acanthogyrus parareceptaclisAmin, 2005
• Acanthogyrus partispinus(Furtado, 1963)
• Acanthogyrus paucispinusWang, 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) ^[4]
• Acanthogyrus vancleavei(Gupta and Fatma, 1986)
• Acanthogyrus vittatusi(Verma, 1973)

Hosts

Acanthogyrus parasitizes fish.

Distribution

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

Notes

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

References

1. "Acanthogyrus Thapar, 1927". gbif.org. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.