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

Echinorhynchus salmonis Müller, 1784

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Metechinorhynchus salmonis*	(Müller, 1784) Petrochenko, 1956	synonym

Literature

original description	Müller, O. F. (1784). Zoologia danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum historia descriptiones et historia. [book]. [two volumes] 1: 1-103 / 2: 1-124 Weygand.
basis of record	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	Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers). (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/taxonomy-systematics/host-parasites/.
additional source	Rusinek, O. T. (2023). PARASITE FAUNA OF SAND AND STONE SCULPINS (SCORPAENIFORMES, COTTIDAE) FROM LAKE BAIKAL (REVIEW OF RESEARCH RESULTS AND PROSPECTS OF INVESTIGATIONS). Parazitologiya. 57 (6), 481-497 (Russian).
redescription	Arai, H. P. (1989). Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada. Part III. Acanthocephala. L. Margolis and Z. Kabata (Eds). Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 107: 1-90.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Echinorhynchus salmonis Müller, 1784. 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:159698

Echinorhynchus salmonis Müller, 1784. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7b95ffc8-f11d-4dea-bcb7-9f7bd5c552b7