Cestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 13559 |
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| Order | Trypanorhyncha |
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| Genus | Echinorhynchus |
| Species | sagittifer |
| Authority | Linton, 1889 |
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| Verified | No |
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Linton, E. 1889. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England, with descriptions of several new species. United States Commision of Fish and Fisheries. Part XIV. Report of the Commissioner for 1886 14: 453-511. (266) Download PDF |
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Record Data
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| 10/23/2015 | Created | B. Barbeau |
| 10/23/2015 | Modified | B. Barbeau |
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Global Cestode Database
Plate VI. Fig. 1-2. Fig. 1. Echinorhychus sagittifer sp. nov. Outline sketch of young, showing protruded proboscis, neck, collar armed with sagittate spines, transverse rows of sagittate spines on the body, and, interiorly, the proboscis sheath, retractor muscles of the same, the genitalia depending from sheath of proboscis, enlarged 20 diameters. Fig. 1a. Hooks of proboscis, ventral side, enlarged about 150 diameters. Fig 1b. Hooks of proboscis, dorsal side, enlarged about 150 diameters. Fig. 1c. Sagittate spines from collar, enlarged about 150 diameters. Fig. 1d. Sagittate spines from one of the transverse ventral rows on body, enlarged about 150 diameters. Fig. 1e. Five contiguous hooks in one of the spiral series on the proboscis, enlarged about 150 diameters. Fig. 2. Sketch of live specimen, somewhat flattened by the compressor, enlarged 12 diameters. 

