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Echinocephalus Molin, 1858

22883  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22883)

  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)
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  1. Species Echinocephalus caniculus Saad, Suthar, Theisen, Palm & Gargouri, 2022
  2. Species Echinocephalus inserratus Moravec & Justine, 2021
  3. Species Echinocephalus janzeni Hoberg, Brooks, Molina-Ureña & Erbe, 1998
  4. Species Echinocephalus multidentatus Baylis & Lane, 1920
  5. Species Echinocephalus overstreeti Deardorff & Ko, 1983
  6. Species Echinocephalus pseudouncinatus Millemann, 1951
  7. Species Echinocephalus pteroplatea Wang, Zhao & Chen, 1978
  8. Species Echinocephalus sinensis Ko, 1975
  9. Species Echinocephalus southwelli Baylis & Lane, 1920
  10. Species Echinocephalus spinosissimus (von Linstow in Shipley & Hornell, 1905)
  11. Species Echinocephalus uncinatus Molin, 1858
  12. Species Echinocephalus gracilis Stossich in Shipley & Hornell, 1906 accepted as Echinocephalus uncinatus Molin, 1858 (Synonym)
  13. Species Echinocephalus jenzeni Hoberg, Brooks, Molina-Ureña & Erbe, 1998 accepted as Echinocephalus janzeni Hoberg, Brooks, Molina-Ureña & Erbe, 1998 (Mis-spelling)
  14. Species Echinocephalus mobulae Kalyankar, 1971 accepted as Echinocephalus spinosissimus (von Linstow in Shipley & Hornell, 1905)
  15. Species Echinocephalus muraenesocis Bilqees, Khanum & Jehan, 1971 accepted as Echinocephalus uncinatus Molin, 1858 (Synonym; also listed as a species inquirenda.)
  16. Species Echinocephalus oligocanthus Arya, 1977 accepted as Echinocephalus uncinatus Molin, 1858 (Synonym; also listed as a species inquirenda.)
  17. Species Echinocephalus pteroplatae Wang, Zhao & Chen, 1978 accepted as Echinocephalus pteroplatea Wang, Zhao & Chen, 1978 (Lapsus)
  18. Species Echinocephalus striatus Monticelli, 1889 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  19. Species Echinocephalus crassostreai Cheng, 1975 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  20. Species Echinocephalus scoliodonti Rajyalakshmi, 1994 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  21. Species Echinocephalus unispiculus Arya, 1982 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh
masculine
Not documented
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Echinocephalus Molin, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22883 on 2025-05-14
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Nomenclature

basis of record Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x. [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Müller, M. I.; Adriano, E. A.; Oliveira, M. S.; Corrêa, L. L. (2022). Integrative taxonomy suggests that South American freshwater nematodes <i>Echinocephalus</i> and their host stingrays co-originated in late Oligocene to early Miocene. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x22000554 [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource 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.
note: Key to Indian species. [details] 

identification resource 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] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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