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

Echinorhynchus Zoega in Müller, 1776

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metechinorhynchus*	Petrochenko, 1956	synonym

Children

Echinorhynchus armoricanus Golvan, 1969
Echinorhynchus bothniensis Zdzitowiecki & Valtonen, 1987
Echinorhynchus brayi Wayland, Sommerville & Gibson, 1999
Echinorhynchus calloti Golvan, 1969
Echinorhynchus cinctulus Porta, 1905
Echinorhynchus cryophilus (Sokolovskaya, 1962)
Echinorhynchus gadi Zoega in Müller, 1776
Echinorhynchus peleci Grimm, 1870
Echinorhynchus praetextus Molin, 1858
Echinorhynchus salmonis Müller, 1784
Echinorhynchus trachyrinci Wayland, Gibson & Sommerville, 1997
Echinorhynchus truttae Schrank, 1788

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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Echinorhynchus 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:20315

Dr. David Gibson. Echinorhynchus Zoega in Müller, 1776. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/128b105a-474b-484b-8120-b4c68cf4c5dd