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Nemys taxon details

Echinocephalus uncinatus Molin, 1858

123004  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123004)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Chromadorea (Class)
  5. Chromadoria (Subclass)
  6. Rhabditida (Order)
  7. Spirurina (Suborder)
  8. Gnathostomatomorpha (Infraorder)
  9. Gnathostomatoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Gnathostomatidae (Family)
  11. Gnathostomatinae (Subfamily)
  12. Echinocephalus (Genus)
  13. Echinocephalus uncinatus (Species)
accepted
Species
Echinocephalus muraenesocis Bilqees, Khanum & Jehan, 1971 · unaccepted (Synonym; also listed as a species...)  
Synonym; also listed as a species inquirenda.
Echinocephalus oligocanthus Arya, 1977 · unaccepted (Synonym; also listed as a species...)  
Synonym; also listed as a species inquirenda.
marine, brackish
Not documented
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Echinocephalus uncinatus Molin, 1858. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123004 on 2025-11-09
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gibson, David
2025-05-08 09:03:04Z
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original description (of Echinocephalus muraenesocis Bilqees, Khanum & Jehan, 1971) Bilqees, F. M.; Khanum, Z.; Jehan, Q. (1971). Marine fish nematodes of West Pakistan. I. Description of seven new species from the Karachi coast. <em>Journal of Science (Pakistan).</em> 1, 175-84. [details] 

basis of record Gibson, D. I. (2001). Nematoda - parasitic. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: pp. 174-176. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Kazmi, Q. B.; Naushaba, R. (2013). Checklist of marine worms reported from Pakistani marine waters. <em>Pakistan Journal of Nematology.</em> 31 (2) : 187-280. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Moravec, F.; Justine, J.-L. (2021). Echinocephalus inserratus sp. n. (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) from the stingray Pastinachus ater (Dasyatidae) and new records of congeneric and some other nematode larvae from teleost fishes off New Caledonia. <em>Folia Parasitologica.</em> 68., available online at https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.014 [details] 

redescription Soota, T. D. (1983). STUDIES ON NEMATODE PARASITES OF INDIAN VERTEBRATES. I. FISHES. <em>RECORDS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION; OCCASIONAL PAPER NO. 54.</em> 352 pp. [details] 
 
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