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Neoechinorhynchus Hamann in Stiles & Hassall, 1905

AphiaID

20369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:20369)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Echinorhynchus clavaeceps Zeder, 1800 accepted as Neorhynchus clavaeceps (Zeder, 1800) Hamann, 1892 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus clavaeceps (Zeder, 1800) Hamann in Stiles & Hassall, 1905 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) rutili (Müller, 1780) Hamann in Stiles & Hassall, 1905 (type by original designation)

Type taxon of

Neoechinorhynchidae Ward, 1917

Parent

Neoechinorhynchinae Ward, 1917

Synonymised names

Eorhynchus Van Cleave, 1914 · unaccepted (Synonym )

Eosentis Van Cleave, 1928 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Neorhynchus Hamann, 1892 · unaccepted (Pre-occupied)

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Subgenus Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) Van Cleave, 1928
1. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) carinatus Buckner & Buckner, 1993
2. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) chrysemydis Cable & Hopp, 1954
3. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) colastinense Arredondo & Gil de Pertiera, 2012
4. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) didelphis Amin, 2001
5. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) doryphorus Van Cleave & Bangham, 1949
6. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) idahoensis Amin & Heckmann, 1992
7. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) kallarensis George & Nadakal, 1978
8. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) lingulatus Nickol & Ernst, 1987
9. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) manasbalensis Kaw, 1951
10. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) personatus Tkach, Sarabeev & Shvetsova, 2014
11. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) pungitius Dechtiar, 1971
12. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) rostratus Amin & Bullock, 1998
13. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) spiramuscularis Amin, Heckmann & Ha, 2014
14. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) violentus Van Cleave, 1928
15. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) yamagutii Tkach, Sarabeev & Shvetsova, 2014
16. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) manubrianus Amin, Ha & Ha, 2011 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) manubriensis Amin, Ha & Ha, 2011 (Unjustified emendation)
Subgenus Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) Hamann in Stiles & Hassall, 1905
1. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) agilis (Rudolphi, 1819) Van Cleave, 1916
2. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) aldrichettae Edmonds, 1971
3. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) argentatus Chandra, Rao & Shyamasundari, 1987
4. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) ascus Amin, Ha & Ha, 2011
5. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) australis Van Cleave, 1931
6. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) brentnickoli Monks, Pulido-Flores & Violante-Gonzáles, 2011
7. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) bryanti Smales, 2013
8. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) buckneri Amin & Heckmann, 2009
9. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) bullocki Doolin & Reyda, 2018
10. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) buttnerae Golvan, 1956
11. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) carpiodi Dechtiar, 1968
12. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) cephali Kaur & Sanil, 2021
13. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) chelonos Schmidt, Esch & Gibbons, 1970
14. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) chilkaensis Podder, 1937
15. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) chimalapasensis Salgado-Maldonado, Caspeta-Mandujano & Martínez-Ramírez, 2010
16. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) coiliae Yamaguti, 1939
17. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) crassus Van Cleave, 1919
18. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) cristatus Lynch, 1936
19. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) curemai Noronha, 1973
20. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) cylindratus (Van Cleave, 1913) Van Cleave, 1919
21. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) dighaensis Gautam, Mohapatra & Saxena, 2018
22. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) dimorphospinus Amin & Sey, 1996
23. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) distractus Van Cleave, 1949
24. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) dorsovaginatus Amin & Christison, 2005
25. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) ecuadoris Moravec & Prouza, 2024
26. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) emydis (Leidy, 1851) Van Cleave, 1919
27. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) emyditoides Fisher, 1960
28. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) formosanus (Harada, 1938) Kaw, 1951
29. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) golvani Salgado-Maldonado, 1978
30. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) inermis Brito-Porto, Silva-de Souza & de Oliveira-Malta, 2017
31. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) iraqensis Amin, Al-Sady, Mhaisen & Bassat, 2001
32. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) johnii Yamaguti, 1939
33. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) karachiensis Bilqees, 1972
34. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) longinucleatus Amin, Ha & Ha, 2011
35. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) macronucleatus Machado Filho, 1954
36. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) magnapapillatus Johnson, 1969
37. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) mamesi Pinacho-Pinacho, Pérez-Ponce de León & García-Varela, 2012
38. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) manubriensis Amin, Ha & Ha, 2011
39. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) mexicoensis Pinacho-Pinacho, Sereno-Uribe & García-Varela, 2014
40. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) nigeriensis Farooqi, 1981
41. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) ningalooensis Pichelin & Cribb, 2001
42. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) notemigoni Dechtiar, 1967
43. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) panucensis Salgado-Maldonado, 2013
44. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) paraguayensis Machado Filho, 1959
45. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) pellonis Souza & Malta, 2019
46. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) pennahia Amin, Ha & Ha, 2011
47. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) pimelodi Brasil-Sato & Pavanelli, 1998
48. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) plagiognathopitis Wang & Zhang, 1987
49. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) plaquensis Amin, Ha & Ha, 2011
50. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) poonchensis Amin, Ahmed, Chaudhary, Heckmann & Singh, 2022
51. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) prolixoides Bullock, 1963
52. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) prolixus Van Cleave & Timmons, 1952
53. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) pseudemydis Cable & Hopp, 1954
54. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) pterodoridis Thatcher, 1981
55. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) qatarensis Amin, Saoud & Alkuwari, 2002
56. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) quinghaiensis Liu, Wang & Yang, 1981
57. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) rigidus (Van Cleave, 1928) Kaw, 1951
58. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) robertbaueri Amin, 1985
59. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) roseus Salgdo-Maldinado, 1978
60. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) rutili (Müller, 1780) Hamann in Stiles & Hassall, 1905
61. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) salmonis Ching, 1984
62. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) saurogobi Yu & Wu, 1989
63. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) schmidti Barger, Thatcher & Nickol, 2004
64. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) sootai Bhattacharya, 1999
65. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) strigosus Van Cleave, 1949
66. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) stunkardi Cable & Fisher, 1961
67. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) tenellus (Van Cleave, 1913) Van Cleave, 1919
68. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) topseyi Podder, 1937
69. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) tumidus Van Cleave & Bangham, 1949
70. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) veropesoi Melo, Costa, Giese, Gardner & Santos, 2013
71. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) villoldoi Vizcaíno, 1992
72. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) wuyiensis Wang, 1981
73. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) zabensis Amin, Abdullah & Mhaisen, 2003
74. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) elongatus Tripathi, 1956 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) chilkaensis Podder, 1937 (Synonym)
75. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) idahoensis Amin & Heckmann, 1992 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) idahoensis Amin & Heckmann, 1992 (Superseded combination)
76. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) roseum Salgado-Maldonado, 1978 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) roseus Salgdo-Maldinado, 1978 (Malformed suffix)
77. Species Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) tylosuri Yamaguti, 1939 accepted as Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) tylosuri (Yamaguti, 1939) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Neoechinorhynchus acanthuri Farooqi, 1981
Species Neoechinorhynchus africanus Troncy, 1970
Species Neoechinorhynchus ampullata Amin, Ha & Ha, 2011
Species Neoechinorhynchus armenicus Mikhailov, 1975
Species Neoechinorhynchus bangoni Tripathi, 1956
Species Neoechinorhynchus barbi Al-Ayash, Gustinelli, Al-Nasiri & Caffara, 2021
Species Neoechinorhynchus baueri Mikhailova & Atrashkevich, 2019
Species Neoechinorhynchus beringianus Mikhailova & Atrshkevich, 2008
Species Neoechinorhynchus brayi Bilqees, Shaikh & Khan, 2011
Species Neoechinorhynchus costarricensis Pinacho-Pinacho, Sereno-Uribe, García-Varela & Pérez-Ponce de León, 2018
Species Neoechinorhynchus cribbi Ibrahim, Khan & Khatoon, 2020
Species Neoechinorhynchus cyanophyctis Kaw, 1951
Species Neoechinorhynchus dattai Golvan, 1994
Species Neoechinorhynchus devdevi (Datta, 1936) Kaw, 1951
Species Neoechinorhynchus gibsoni Khan & Bilqees, 1989
Species Neoechinorhynchus ginghaiensis Liu, Wang & Yang, 1981
Species Neoechinorhynchus glyptostermumi Dhar & Kharoo, 1984
Species Neoechinorhynchus hartwichi Golvan, 1994
Species Neoechinorhynchus hutchinsoni (Datta, 1936) Kaw, 1951
Species Neoechinorhynchus ichthyobori Saoud, El-Naffar & Abu-Sinna, 1974
Species Neoechinorhynchus indicus Gudivada, Chikkam & Vankara, 2010
Species Neoechinorhynchus longiorchis Khatoon & Bilqees, 2007
Species Neoechinorhynchus macrorchis Shaikh, Khan & Bilqees, 2011
Species Neoechinorhynchus miniovalis Amin, Ali & Adday, 2023
Species Neoechinorhynchus moleri Barger, 2005
Species Neoechinorhynchus nawazi Naqvi, Khan, Ghazi & Noor-un-Nisa, 2012
Species Neoechinorhynchus nematalosi Tripathi, 1956
Species Neoechinorhynchus nickoli Khan, Bilqees, Noor-un-Nisa, Ghazi & At****, 1999
Species Neoechinorhynchus octonucleatus Tubangui, 1933
Species Neoechinorhynchus oreini Fotedar, 1968
Species Neoechinorhynchus ovalis Tripathi, 1956
Species Neoechinorhynchus pikensis Amin, 2023
Species Neoechinorhynchus planilizai Al-Ayash, Gustinelli, Al-Nasiri & Caffara, 2021
Species Neoechinorhynchus ponticus Amin, Sharifdini, Heckmann, Rubtsova & Chine, 2020
Species Neoechinorhynchus pseudorigidus Amin, Ahmed, Chaudhary, Heckmann & Singh, 2022
Species Neoechinorhynchus saginatus Van Cleave & Bangham, 1949
Species Neoechinorhynchus sinicus Wang, 1966
Species Neoechinorhynchus tigrisensis Al-Ayash, Gustinelli, Al-Nasiri & Caffara, 2021
Species Neoechinorhynchus tsintaoensis Morisita, 1937
Species Neoechinorhynchus vittiformis Smales, 2013
Species Neoechinorhynchus zacconis Yamaguti, 1935
Species Neoechinorhynchus afghanus Moravec & Amin, 1978 accepted as Quadrigyrus afghanus (Moravec & Amin, 1978) Moravec & Nie, 2025 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Neoechinorhynchus armeniacus Mikailov, 1975 accepted as Acanthocephalorhynchoides cholodkowskyi (Kostylew, 1928) Williams, Gibson & Sadighian, 1980 accepted as Pallisentis (Pallisentis) cholodkowskyi (Kostylew, 1928) Amin, 1985 (Synonym )
Species Neoechinorhynchus asymetricus Belous, 1952 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) tylosuri Yamaguti, 1939 accepted as Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) tylosuri (Yamaguti, 1939) (Synonym)
Species Neoechinorhynchus carassii Roitman, 1961 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) rutili (Müller, 1780) Hamann in Stiles & Hassall, 1905 (Synonym )
Species Neoechinorhynchus clavaeceps (Zeder, 1800) Hamann in Stiles & Hassall, 1905 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) rutili (Müller, 1780) Hamann in Stiles & Hassall, 1905 (Synonym )
Species Neoechinorhynchus constrictus Little & Hopkins, 1968 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) pseudemydis Cable & Hopp, 1954 (Synonym )
Species Neoechinorhynchus costarricense Pinacho-Pinacho, Sereno-Uribe, García-Varela & Pérez-Ponce de León, 2018 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus costarricensis Pinacho-Pinacho, Sereno-Uribe, García-Varela & Pérez-Ponce de León, 2018 (Malformed suffix)
Species Neoechinorhynchus formosomum Harada, 1938 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) formosanus (Harada, 1938) Kaw, 1951 (Lapsus)
Species Neoechinorhynchus gracilisentis (Van Cleave, 1913) Van Cleave, 1916 accepted as Gracilisentis gracilisentis (Van Cleave, 1913) Van Cleave, 1919 (Superseded combination)
Species Neoechinorhynchus johni Yamaguti, 1939 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) johnii Yamaguti, 1939 (Lapsus)
Species Neoechinorhynchus kashmirensis Fotedar & Dhar, 1977 accepted as Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) kashmirensis Amin, Heckmann & Zargar, 2017 (Unpublished)
Species Neoechinorhynchus longirostris (Van Cleave, 1913) Van Cleave, 1916 accepted as Tanaorhamphus longirostris (Van Cleave, 1913) Ward, 1918 (Superseded combination)
Species Neoechinorhynchus simnasularis Roitman, 1961 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) rutili (Müller, 1780) Hamann in Stiles & Hassall, 1905 (Synonym )
Species Neoechinorhynchus spectabilis Machado Filho, 1959 accepted as Gorytocephalus spectabilis (Machado Filho, 1959) Nickol & Thatcher, 1971 (Superseded combination)
Species Neoechinorhynchus variabilis (Diesing, 1856) Meyer, 1932 accepted as Gracilisentis variabilis (Diesing, 1856) Travassos, Artigas & Pereira, 1928 (Superseded combination)
Species Neoechinorhynchus venustus Lynch, 1936 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) cristatus Lynch, 1936 (Synonym )
Species Neoechinorhynchus yalei (Datta, 1936) Kaw, 1951 accepted as Neoechinorhynchus devdevi (Datta, 1936) Kaw, 1951 (Synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Neoechinorhynchus Hamann in Stiles & Hassall, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=20369 on 2025-05-03

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Nomenclature

original description (of Eosentis Van Cleave, 1928) 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. [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source 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. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-022-10023-x [details]

taxonomy source Ru, S.-S.; Rehman, A. U.; Chen, H.-X.; Suleman; Khan, M. S.; Muhammad, N.; Li, L. (2022). Morphology and molecular characterization of Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) bilaspurensis Chowhan, Gupta & Khera, 1987 (Acanthocephala: Gyracanthocephala: Quadrigyridae) from the common carp Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in Pakistan. Parasitology International. 90: 102608., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2022.102608 [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Arredondo, N. J.; De Pertierra, A. A. G. (2012). A new species of Neoechinorhynchus (Eoacanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) from Pachyurus bonariensis (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) from the Paraná River basin in Argentina, with comments on two other species of the genus. Revue suisse de zoologie. 119: 425-439., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.150202 [details]

identification resource Amin, O. M.; Heckmann, R. A. (2009). Description of Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) buckneri n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) from the Blacktail Redhorse Moxostoma poecilurum (Catostomidae) in the Tchoutacabouffa River, Mississippi, U.S.A., with a Key to Species of Neoechinorhynchus with Different Dorsoventral Body Wall Thickness. Comparative Parasitology. 76(2): 154-161., available online at https://doi.org/10.1654/4392.1 [details]

Other

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158. [details]

additional source Koch, R. W.; Bolek, M. G. (2025). Review of the Acanthocephalans of Turtles: Diversity, Distribution, and Turtle Host–Parasite Associations. Comparative Parasitology. 92(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1654/copa-d-24-00009 [details]