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Echinocephalus caniculus Saad, Suthar, Theisen, Palm & Gargouri, 2022

1568851  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1568851)

  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 caniculus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
Saad, C. B.; Suthar, J.; Theisen, S.; Palm, H. W.; Gargouri, L. (2022). Echinocephalus caniculus n. sp. (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae Railliet, 1895) from the lesser spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula (L.) (Elasmobranchii: Scyliorhinidae Gill, 1862) off Tunisia, with a key to species of the genus Echinocephalus. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-022-10027-7 [details] 
Type locality contained in Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea -...  
type locality contained in Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Echinocephalus caniculus Saad, Suthar, Theisen, Palm & Gargouri, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1568851 on 2025-04-24
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2022-03-18 21:10:04Z
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Gibson, David

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Nomenclature

original description Saad, C. B.; Suthar, J.; Theisen, S.; Palm, H. W.; Gargouri, L. (2022). Echinocephalus caniculus n. sp. (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae Railliet, 1895) from the lesser spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula (L.) (Elasmobranchii: Scyliorhinidae Gill, 1862) off Tunisia, with a key to species of the genus Echinocephalus. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-022-10027-7 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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