Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Palaeacanthocephala > Order Echinorhynchida > Family Echinorhynchidae > Subfamily Echinorhynchinae > Genus Echinorhynchus

Echinorhynchus brayi Wayland, Sommerville & Gibson, 1999

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echinorhynchus*	Zoega in Müller, 1776	accepted genus name
*Metechinorhynchus*	Petrochenko, 1956	synonym

Literature

original description	Wayland, M. T.; Sommerville, C.; Gibson, D. I. (1999). Echinorhynchus brayi n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae) from Pachycara crassiceps (Roule) (Zoarcidae), a deep-sea fish. Systematic Parasitology. 43(2): 93-101.
basis of record	Gibson, D.I. (2001). Acanthocephala, 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, 50: pp. 176-177
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Echinorhynchus brayi Wayland, Sommerville & Gibson, 1999. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100596