WoRMS taxon details
Echinocephalus sinensis Ko, 1975
742297 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:742297)
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Species
marine
Ko, R. C. (1975). Echinocephalus sinensis n.sp. (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) from the ray ( Aetabatus flagellum ) in Hong Kong, Southern China. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 53(4): 490-500., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z75-063 [details]
Taxonomic remark We suggest that E. sinensis is a junior synonym of E. pteroplateae and, consequently, we have not included E. sinensis in...
Taxonomic remark We suggest that E. sinensis is a junior synonym of E. pteroplateae and, consequently, we have not included E. sinensis in our key to the species. However, Bezerra et al. (2020) and Moravec and Justine (2021) still considered E. pteroplateae and E. sinensis as separate species. [NB. It is not junior! (DIG)] [details]
Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Echinocephalus sinensis Ko, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742297 on 2026-01-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Ko, R. C. (1975). Echinocephalus sinensis n.sp. (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) from the ray ( Aetabatus flagellum ) in Hong Kong, Southern China. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 53(4): 490-500., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z75-063 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Deardorff, T. L.; Ko, R. C. (1983). Echinocephalus overstreeti sp. n. (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) in the Stingray, Taeniura melanopilos Bleeker, from the Marquesas Islands, with Comments on E. sinensis Ko, 1975. <em>Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Wash.</em> 50(2), 285-293. [details]
redescription Moravec, F.; Justine, J.-L. (2006). Three nematode species from elasmobranchs off New Caledonia. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 64(2): 131-145., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-006-9034-x [details]
redescription Moravec, F.; Justine, J.-L. (2006). Three nematode species from elasmobranchs off New Caledonia. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 64(2): 131-145., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-006-9034-x [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [details]
additional source Moravec, F.; Justine, J.-L. (2021). Echinocephalus inserratus sp. n. (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) from the stingray Pastinachus ater (Dasyatidae) and new records of congeneric and some other nematode larvae from teleost fishes off New Caledonia. <em>Folia Parasitologica.</em> 68., available online at https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.014 [details]
additional source Moravec, F.; Justine, J.-L. (2021). Echinocephalus inserratus sp. n. (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) from the stingray Pastinachus ater (Dasyatidae) and new records of congeneric and some other nematode larvae from teleost fishes off New Caledonia. <em>Folia Parasitologica.</em> 68., available online at https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.014 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomic remark We suggest that E. sinensis is a junior synonym of E. pteroplateae and, consequently, we have not included E. sinensis in our key to the species. However, Bezerra et al. (2020) and Moravec and Justine (2021) still considered E. pteroplateae and E. sinensis as separate species. [NB. It is not junior! (DIG)] [details]
