Acanthocephalus dirus
- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Acanthocephala
- class: Palaeacanthocephala
- order: Echinorhynchida
- family: Echinorhynchidae
- genus: Acanthocephalus
- species: Acanthocephalus dirus
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