MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Echinocephalus Molin, 1858

WoRMS taxon details

Echinocephalus Molin, 1858

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Echinocephalus uncinatus Molin, 1858

Parent

Gnathostomatinae (Railliet, 1895)

Original name

Echinocephalus Molin, 1858

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Species Echinocephalus caniculus Saad, Suthar, Theisen, Palm & Gargouri, 2022
Species Echinocephalus inserratus Moravec & Justine, 2021
Species Echinocephalus janzeni Hoberg, Brooks, Molina-Ureña & Erbe, 1998
Species Echinocephalus multidentatus Baylis & Lane, 1920
Species Echinocephalus overstreeti Deardorff & Ko, 1983
Species Echinocephalus pseudouncinatus Millemann, 1951
Species Echinocephalus pteroplatea Wang, Zhao & Chen, 1978
Species Echinocephalus sinensis Ko, 1975
Species Echinocephalus southwelli Baylis & Lane, 1920
Species Echinocephalus spinosissimus (von Linstow in Shipley et Hornell, 1905)
Species Echinocephalus uncinatus Molin, 1858
Species Echinocephalus gracilis Stossich in Shipley & Hornell, 1906 accepted as Echinocephalus uncinatus Molin, 1858 (Synonym)
Species Echinocephalus jenzeni Hoberg, Brooks, Molina-Ureña & Erbe, 1998 accepted as Echinocephalus janzeni Hoberg, Brooks, Molina-Ureña & Erbe, 1998 (Mis-spelling)
Species Echinocephalus mobulae Kalyankar, 1971 accepted as Echinocephalus spinosissimus (von Linstow in Shipley et Hornell, 1905)
Species Echinocephalus muraenesocis Bilqees, Khanum & Jehan, 1971 accepted as Echinocephalus uncinatus Molin, 1858 (Synonym; also listed as a species inquirenda.)
Species Echinocephalus oligocanthus Arya, 1977 accepted as Echinocephalus uncinatus Molin, 1858 (Synonym; also listed as a species inquirenda.)
Species Echinocephalus pteroplatae Wang, Zhao & Chen, 1978 accepted as Echinocephalus pteroplatea Wang, Zhao & Chen, 1978 (Lapsus)
Species Echinocephalus striatus Monticelli, 1889 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Echinocephalus crassostreai Cheng, 1975 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Echinocephalus scoliodonti Rajyalakshmi, 1994 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Echinocephalus unispiculus Arya, 1982 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2024). 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 2024-11-19

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2017-07-12 16:10:44Z

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Gibson, David

2017-07-13 13:54:22Z

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Gibson, David

2024-01-08 14:25:09Z

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Holovachov, Oleksandr

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

basis of record Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x. [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. Systematic Parasitology. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-022-10027-7 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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