Species Serrasentis sagittifer (Linton, 1889)

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• Echinorhynchus sagittifer Linton, E. 1889. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England. Annual Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries 14: 453-511 [494].
• Serrasentis socialis Leidy, J. 1851. Descriptions of new species of Entozoa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 5: 155-156 [156].
• Serrasentis chauhani Datta, M.N. 1954. On a new species of Acanthocephalan parasite from fishes of Bombay. Records of the Indian Museum 51: 51-55 [51].
• Serrasentis longa Tripathi, Y.R. 1959. Studies on parasites of Indian fishes. V. Acanthocephala. Records of the Indian Museum 54(1-2): 61-99 [75].
• Serrasentis longiformis Bilqees, F.M. 1971. Parasites of the cat fish (sic) Arius serratus. 1. Acanthocephala. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 3(1): 57-65 [64].
• Serrasentis giganticus Bilqees, F.M. 1972. Serrasentis giganticus n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Rhadionorhynchidae: Serrasentinae), from fishes of Karachi coast. pp. 60-65 in Agricultural Research Council. Helminth parasites of some vertebrates chiefly from fishes of West Pakistan. Karachi : Government of Pakistan 1-110pp. [Date published 1977] [60].
• Serrasentis scomberomori Wang, P-Q. 1981. Notes on some species of Acanthocephala from fishes of China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 6(2): 121-130 [126].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Linton, E. 1932. On the taxonomic position of Echinorhynchus sagittifer Linton. Science 76: 193 [193]
• Van Cleave & Lincicome 1940. A reconsideration of the Acanthocephalan Family Rhadinorhynchidae. Journal of Parasitology 26(1): 75-81 [78]
• Gupta, N.K. & Jain, M. 1977. On Serrasentis socialis (Leidy, 1851) Van Cleave, 1924 and discussion on synonymy of some related species with it. pp. 3-4 in Fotedar, D.N. All-India Symposium on Helminthology. Srinagar Aug. 8-11, 1977. Srinagar : The Normal Press. [3-4]
• Amin, O.M., Nahhas, F.M., Al-Yamani, F. & Abu-Hakima, R. 1984. On three acanthocephalan species from some Arabian Gulf fishes off the coast of Kuwait. Journal of Parasitology 70(1): 168-170 [169]
• Gupta, N.K. & Jain, M. 1985. On Serrasentis socialis (Leidy, 1851) van Cleave, 1924 and discussion on the synonymy of some related species with it. Research Bulletin of the Punjab University, Science 36(1-2): 23-26 [24]

Generic Combinations

• Echinogaster sagittifer (Linton, 1889). —
  Porta, A. 1907. Contributo allo studio degli acantocefali dei pesci. Biologica Torino 1(19): 377-423 [413]
• Serrasentis sagittifer (Linton, 1889). —
  Van Cleave, H.J. 1923. A Key to the Genera of Acanthocephala. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 42: 184-191 [186]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) [POMATOMIDAE]), endoparasitic (host(s): Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) [LUTJANIDAE]), endoparasitic (host(s): Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766) [RACHYCENTRIDAE]).

Associated Fauna References

Smales, L.R. & Weaver, H.J. 2015. An annotated checklist of Acanthocephala from Australian fish. Zootaxa 3985(3): 349-374 [361] (Lutjanus fulviflamma; Rachycentron canadum; Pomatomus saltatrix)

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