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

Echinorhynchus gadi Zoega in Müller, 1776

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	Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen. 282 pp.
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.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Bauer, O. N.; Skrjabin, E. S. (1987). Class Acanthocephala. In: Keys to the parasites of freshwater fishes of the fauna of the USSR. Vol. 3: 312-339. (In Russian).
additional source	Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158.
redescription	Amin, O. M.; Heckmann, R. A.; Dallarés, S.; Constenla, M.; Kuzmina, T. (2021). Morphological and molecular description of a distinct population of Echinorhynchus gadi Zoega in Müller, 1776 (Paleacanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae) from the pacific halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt in Alaska. Acta Parasitologica. 66(3): 881-898.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Echinorhynchus gadi Zoega in Müller, 1776. 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:100599

Dr. David Gibson. Echinorhynchus gadi Zoega in Müller, 1776. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8aa90bc2-0594-4756-ae7b-f4c1132ec0d0