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Echinorhynchidae Cobbold 1876

Description

Family Echinorhynchidae Cobbold, 1876

Brasacanthus sphoeroides Thatcher, 2001 —adult Host and habitat: Sphoeroides greeleyi (MAR) Locality: Off Parana

References: Thatcher (2001)

Echinorhynchus briconi Machado Filho, 1959 (syn. Metechinorhynchus briconi)—adult Host and habitat: Brycon hilarii (FW)

Locality: São Paulo

References: Machado Filho (1959c), Golvan (1969), Thatcher (1991, 2006)

Echinorhynchus gomesi Machado-Filho, 1948 —adult Host and habitat: Prochilodus nigricans (FW) Locality: Mato Grosso

References: Machado Filho (1948)

Echinorhynchus gracilis Machado Filho, 1948 —adult Host and habitat: Brycon hilarii (FW)

Locality: São Paulo

References: Machado Filho (1948)

Echinorhynchus jucundus Travassos, 1923 —adult Hosts and habitat: Piaractus brachypomus (syn. Colossoma bidens) (FW), Piaractus mesopotamicus (FW)

Locality: São João, Mato Grosso

References: Travassos (1923), Machado Filho (1948), Ferraz de Lima et al. (1990), Thatcher (1991, 2006)

Echinorhynchus paranensis Machado-Filho, 1959 —adult Host and habitat: Triportheus paranensis (FW) Locality: Mato Grosso

References: Machado Filho (1959c), Thatcher (1991)

Echinorhynchus salobrensis Machado Filho, 1948 —adult

Host and habitat: Mylossoma duriventre (syn. M. paraguayensis) (FW)

Locality: Salobra, Mato Grosso

References: Machado Filho (1948), Thatcher (1991) Echinorhynchus sp.—adult

Hosts and habitat: Brycon cephalus (FW), Schizodon borellii (FW)

Locality: Amazon River Basin, Upper Parana River/Paraná

References: Machado et al. (1994, 1995, 1996), Andrade et al. (2001), Pavanelli et al. (2004) Echinorhynchidae gen. sp.—adult

Host and habitat: Kyphosus sp. (MAR)

Locality: Off Rio de Janeiro

References: Gomes et al. (1974)

Notes

Published as part of Santos, Cláudia P., Gibson, David I., Tavares, Luiz E. R. & Luque, José L., 2008, Checklist of Acanthocephala associated with the fishes of Brazil, pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 1938 on pages 4-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184999

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References

  • Thatcher, V. E. (2001) Brasacanthus sphoeroides gen. n., sp. n. (Acantocephala [sic], Echinorhynchidae) from a coastal marine fish of Parana State, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 18, 1319 - 1323.
  • Machado Filho, D. A. (1959 c) Echinorhynchidae do Brasil II. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 57, 195 - 198.
  • Golvan, Y. J. (1969) Systematique des Acanthocephales (Acanthocephala Rudolphi 1801). L'Ordre des Palaeacanthocephala Meyer, 1931. La super-famille des Echinorhynchoidea (Cobbold 1876) Golvan et Houin 1963. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie A, Zoologie, 57, 373 pp.
  • Thatcher, V. E. (1991) Amazon fish parasites. Amazoniana, 11, 263 - 572.
  • Thatcher, V. E. (2006) Amazon fish parasites. Second Edit. Pensoft, Sofia - Moscow, 508 pp.
  • Travassos, L. (1923) Informacoes sobre a fauna helminthologica de Matto Grosso (II nota). Folha Medica, 4, 12.
  • Ferraz de Lima, C. L. B., Lima, J. A. F. & Ceccarelli, P. S. (1990) Ocorrencia de Acantocefalos parasitando o Pacu, Piaractus mesopotamicus Holmberg, 1887 (Pisces, Serrassalmidae) em Piscicultura. Boletim Tecnico do CEPTA, 2, 43 - 51.
  • Machado, M. H., Pavanelli, G. C. & Takemoto, R. M. (1994) Influence of the hosts sex and size in endoparasitic infrapopulations of Pseudoplatystoma corruscans and Schizodon borelli (Osteichthyes) of the high river Parana. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria, 3, 143 - 148.
  • Gomes, D. C., Fabio, S. P. & Rolas, F. J. T. S. (1974) Contribuicao para o conhecimento dos parasitos de peixes do litoral do Estado da Guanabara - Parte II. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 72, 9 - 19.