| Spiracanthus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
| Class: | Palaeacanthocephala |
| Order: | Echinorhynchida |
| Family: | Arhythmacanthidae |
| Genus: | Spiracanthus Munoz & George-Nascimento, 2002[1] |
| Species: | S. bovichthys
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| Binomial name | |
| Spiracanthus bovichthys Munoz & George-Nascimento, 2002
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Spiracanthus is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms) containing a single species, Spiracanthus bovichthys, that infests animals.
- ^ Muñoz, G., & George-Nascimento, M. (2002). Spiracanthus bovichthys n. gen. n. sp.(Acanthocephala: Arhythmacanthidae), a parasite of littoral fishes of the central south coast of Chile. Journal of Parasitology, 88(1), 141-145.