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Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus

Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus

(Pallas, 1781) Travassos, 1917

GBIF:160798878

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Host: Ca. lupus
Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3
Host: Ca. lupus familiaris
Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3
Host: Canine coprolite
Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3
Host: Canis aureus
Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3
Host: Sus scrofa
Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3
Host: Vulpes vulpes
Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3
Remarks: Eggs of this acanthocephalan were found in a coprolite that was estimated to be about 1500 years old.
Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3
Locality: Ardebil Province and Arasbaran region (Zarif-fard 1994), Kashan, Esfahan Province (Arbabi et al. 2002)
Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3
Locality: Ardebil Province and Arasbaran region (Zarif-fard 1994), Kashan, Esfahan Province (Arbabi et al. 2002), West Azerbaijan, Kermanshah and Kordestan provinces (Dalimi et al. 2006), Moghan Plain, Ardebil Province (Zare-Bidaki et al. 2010), Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province (Garedaghi et al. 2014)
Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3
Locality: Ardebil Province and Arasbaran region (Zarif-fard 1994), Kashan, Esfahan Province (Arbabi et al. 2002), West Azerbaijan, Kermanshah and Kordestan provinces (Dalimi et al. 2006), Moghan Plain, northwestern Iran (Zare-Bidaki et al. 2010), Sarab region, East Azerbaijan Province (Khanmohammadi et al. 2011), Ilam Province (Razmjoo et al. 2014)
Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3
Locality: Ardebil Province and Arasbaran region (Zarif-fard 1994), Kashan, Esfahan Province (Arbabi et al. 2002), West Azerbaijan, Kermanshah and Kordestan provinces (Dalimi et al. 2006), Zone 3 (Khuzestan Province, Hormozgan Province, southern parts of Sistan and Baluchestan Province) (Meshgi et al. 2009), Ilam Province (Razmjoo et al. 2014)
Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3
Locality: Chehrabad salt mine, Zanjan Province (Mowlavi et al. 2015)
Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3
Locality: Protected areas in north, northeast and southwest of Iran (Eslami & Farsad-Hamdi 1992), Shooshtar, Khuzestan Province (Mowlavi et al. 2006)
Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3

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The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Tavakol, Sareh, Amin, Omar M., Luus-Powell, Wilmien J., Halajian, Ali (2015): The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa 4033 (2): 237-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3

Abstract

The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran is reported for the first time since the report of Pomphorhynchus perforator (von Linstow, 1908) Meyer, 1932 in 1964. The knowledge of the acanthocephalan biodiversity of Iran, with parasite-host and hostparasite checklists, is presented. The species of Acanthocephala are presented in alphabetical order, followed by the species of hosts, localities and references. A total of 30 known species of Acanthocephala from 21 genera, 12 families and 7 orders are reported from 80 species of different vertebrates of Iran. One species, Moniliformis moniliformis (Bremser, 1811) Travassos, 1915 was recorded from humans. The group of hosts with the largest number of reported species of acanthocephalan is Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes).

Key words: Acanthocephala, Iran, biodiversity, parasite / host list, host / parasite list

Tavakol S, Amin O M, Luus-Powell W J, Halajian A, plazi (2015). The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

CC0Published 10/22/2015View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
160798878
Dataset Key
146b4896-b45e-4e04-8b83-b8d527133eb2
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2499627
Taxon ID
9D1387B3FFA9FF95FF77F937FE2BFD35.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026