Genus Neoechinorhynchus Stiles & Hassall, 1905

Museums

Regional Maps

• Neorhynchus Hamann, O. 1892. Das system der acanthocephalen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 15: 195-197 [197].

  Type species:

   Echinorhynchus clavaeceps Zeder, 1800 by original designation.
• Eorhynchus Van Cleave, H.J. 1914. Eorhynchus: A proposed new name for Neorhynchus Hamann preoccupied. Journal of Parasitology 1(1): 50-51 [50].
• Eosentis Van Cleave, H.J. 1928. Two new genera and species of Acanthocephala from fishes of India. Records of the Indian Museum 30((2)): 147-149 [147].

  Type species:

   Eosentis rigidus Van Cleave, 1928 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Van Cleave, H.J. 1914. Eorhynchus: A proposed new name for Neorhynchus Hamann preoccupied. Journal of Parasitology 1(1): 50-51 [50]
• Kaw, B.L. 1951. Studies in helminthology: Helminth parasites of Kashmir. Part II. Acanthocephala. Indian Journal of Helminthology 3: 117-132 [126]

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Amin, O.M. 2002. Revision of Neoechinorhynchus Stiles & Hassall, 1905 (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) with keys to 88 species. Systematic Parasitology 53: 1-18 [6]

Introduction

Huston et al. (2022) found that the current sub-generic arrangement of Neoechinorhynchus is paraphyletic however they suggested retaining this arrangement until further molecular studies can be conducted to clarify relationships.

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Huston, D.C., Cutmore, S.C. & Smales, L.R. 2022. Molecular characterisation and updated description of Neoechinorhynchus aldrichettae Edmonds, 1971 (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae), based on material from Aldrichetta forsteri (Valenciennes) collected in Tasmania, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 99: 241-251

Smales, L.R. 2013. A review of the genus Neoechinorhynchus (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) from Australia with the description of two new species. Journal of Parasitology 99(6): 1106-1112 [1106-1112]

History of changes