Acanthocephalus galaxii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Echinorhynchida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Platyzoa Phylum: Acanthocephala Classis: Palaeacanthocephala Ordo: Echinorhynchida

Familia: Echinorhynchidae
Subfamilia: Echinorhynchinae
Genus: Acanthocephalus

Species: Acanthocephalus galaxii

Name

• Acanthocephalus galaxii Hine, 1977
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Combination(s)/spelling(s):
    • Original: Acanthocephalus galaxii
    • Subsequent: nil
  • Original genus: Acanthocephalus Koelreuter, 1771
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description:
    • Repository: MONZ, as 'National Museum, Wellington' W.2061 (slide) ['ZW 1061' in original publication]
  • Type host: Galaxias maculatus, in intestine
  • Type locality: 'Waimeha Stream, Waikanae, North Island, New Zealand'

References

Primary references

• Hine, P.M. 1977. Acanthocephalus galaxii n. sp. parasitic in Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842) in the Waimeha Stream, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 7(1): 51–57. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1977.10419335 Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 52, and figs. 1-12]

Additional references

• Marshall, B.A. 2005: Recent and fossil invertebrate primary types in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa: Protozoa, Acanthocephala, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Myxozoa, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Platyhelminthes, Porifera and Sipuncula. Tuhinga, 16: 45–58. PDF
• Paterson, R.A.; Townsend, C.R.; Poulin, R.; Tompkins, D.M. 2011: Introduced brown trout alter native acanthocephalan infections in native fish. Journal of animal ecology, 80 (5): 990–998. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01834.x