What is "acanthocephalus"

Acanthocephalus is a genus of the botanical family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1842.

The genus is native to Central Asia.

1. Acanthocephalus amplexifolius Kar. & Kir. - Altai
2. Acanthocephalus benthamianus Regel & Schmalh. - Uzbekistan

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

Contains the following species:

• Acanthocephalus acutispinus Machado, 1891
• Acanthocephalus acutulus Van Cleve, 1931
• Acanthocephalus alabamensis Amin and Williams, 1983
• Acanthocephalus anguillae (Mueller, 1780)
• Acanthocephalus anthuris (Dujardin, 1845)
• Acanthocephalus balkanicus Batchvoarov, 1974
• Acanthocephalus breviprostatus Kennedy, 1982
• Acanthocephalus clavula (Dujardin, 1845)
• Acanthocephalus correalimai Machado, 1970
• Acanthocephalus criniae Anow, 1971
• Acanthocephalus curtus (Achenrov, et al., 1941)
• Acanthocephalus dirus (Van Cleve, 1931)
• Acanthocephalus domerguei (Golvan, et al., 1972
• Acanthocephalus echigoensis Fujita, 1920
• Acanthocephalus elongatus Van Cleve, 1937
• Acanthocephalus falcatus (Froelich, 1789)
• Acanthocephalus fluviatilis Paperna, 1964
• Acanthocephalus galaxii Hine, 1977
• Acanthocephalus goaensis Jain and Gupta, 1981
• Acanthocephalus gotoi Van Cleve, 1925
• Acanthocephalus graciliacanthus Meyer, 1932
• Acanthocephalus haranti Golvan and Oliver, 1969
• Acanthocephalus hastae Bayliss, 1944
• Acanthocephalus japonicus (Fukui and Morisita, 1936)
• Acanthocephalus kaskmirensis Datta, 1936
• Acanthocephalus kubulensis Datta and Soota, 1956
• Acanthocephalus lucidus Van Cleve, 1925
• Acanthocephalus lucii (Müller, 1776)
• Acanthocephalus lutzi (Linstow, 1896)
• Acanthocephalus madagascariensis Golvan, 1965
• Acanthocephalus minor Yamaguti, 1935
• Acanthocephalus nanus Van Cleve, 1925
• Acanthocephalus opsariichthydis
• Acanthocephalus parallelcementglandatus Amin, Heckmann & Ha, 2014
• Acanthocephalus parallelotestis Achmerov, et al., 1941
• Acanthocephalus paronai (Condorelli, 1897)
• Acanthocephalus pesteri Tadros, 1966
• Acanthocephalus ranae (Schrank, 1788)
• Acanthocephalus rauschi (Schmidt, 1969)
• Acanthocephalus sameguiensis
• Acanthocephalus serendibensis Crusz and Mills, 1970
• Acanthocephalus srilankensis Crusz and Ching, 1976
• Acanthocephalus tahleguahensis Oetinger and Buckner, 1976
• Acanthocephalus tenuirostris (Achmerov, et al., 1941)
• Acanthocephalus tigrinae (Shipley, 1903)
• Acanthocephalus tumescens (Linstow, 1896)

There are two genera called Acanthocephalus:

• Acanthocephalus (animal), a genus of parasitic worms
• Acanthocephalus (plant), a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae / Compositae