Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Gnathostomatomorpha > Superfamily Gnathostomatoidea > Family Gnathostomatidae > Subfamily Gnathostomatinae

Echinocephalus Molin, 1858

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Echinocephalus caniculus Saad, Suthar, Theisen, Palm & Gargouri, 2022
Echinocephalus uncinatus Molin, 1858

Literature

basis of record	Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.
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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Echinocephalus Molin, 1858. 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:22883

Dr. David Gibson. Echinocephalus Molin, 1858. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e7e6150e-6ab3-4957-81e6-c8afcc040b1f