Table 1.
Sample information.
| Species | Host | Locality | Date collected | Genus sensu Petrochenko (1956) | Environment | GenBank # (28S rDNA / COI) |
Voucher specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acanthocephalus lucii (outgroup) | Perca fluviatilis (L.) (Percidae) | Lake, Bleasby, Nottinghamshire, UK | 4/06/1997 | Acanthocephalus | Freshwater | KM656148 / KP261016 | BM(NH) 2002.2.4.284–292 |
| Echinorhynchus bothniensis | Osmerus eperlanus (L.) (Osmeridae) | Lake Keitele, central Finland | 10/10/1996 | Metechinorhynchus | Freshwater | KM656146 / KP261018 | BM(NH) 2002.2.4.102–122 |
| Echinorhynchus 'bothniensis' |
Platichthys
flesus (L.) (Pleuronectidae) Mysis segerstralei Audzijonyte & Väinölä (Mysidae)* |
Lake Pulmankijärvi, northern Finland | 11/06/1990 | Echinorhynchus | Freshwater | KM656143 / KP261019 | NA |
| Echinorhynchus brayi | Pachycara crassiceps (Roule) (Zoarcidae) | Porcupine Seabight, 49°49.9'N, 13°08.2'W, depth 2,444 m | 13/08/1997 | Metechinorhynchus | Marine, deep-sea | KM656151 / KP261015 | BM(NH) 1997.12.8.3 (holotype); BM(NH) 1997.12.8.4–28 |
|
Echinorhynchus
cinctulus (= Echinorhynchus borealis) |
Lota lota (L.) (Lotidae) | Kuopio, Finland | 15/10/1996 | Pseudoechinorhynchus | Freshwater | KM656142 / KP261014 | BM(NH) 2002.2.4.123–131 |
| Echinorhynchus gadi sp. I | Gadus morhua L. (Gadidae) | Baltic Sea, off Tvärminne, Hanko | 21/10/1992 | Echinorhynchus | Marine | KM656144 / KP261022 | BM(NH) 2002.2.4.90–101 |
| Echinorhynchus gadi sp. I | Gadus morhua | Mys Kartesh, Gulf of Kandalaksha, White Sea | 31/08/1994–2/09/1994 | Echinorhynchus | Marine | KM656150 / KP261021 | NA |
| Echinorhynchus gadi sp. III | Gadus morhua | Mys Kartesh, Gulf of Kandalaksha, White Sea | 31/08/1994–2/09/1994 | Echinorhynchus | Marine | KM656149 / KP261020 | NA |
| Echinorhynchus salmonis | Coregonus lavaretus (L.) (Salmonidae) | Bothnian Bay, Baltic Sea | 27/08/1996 | Metechinorhynchus | Freshwater | KM656145 / KP261017 | BM(NH) 2002.2.4.132–226 |
| Echinorhynchus truttae | Salmo trutta L. (Salmonidae) | Loch Walton Burn, River Carron catchment, central Scotland (National Grid Reference NS 668 865) | 24/06/1996 | Metechinorhynchus | Freshwater | KM656147 / KP261013 | BM(NH) 2002.2.4.264–275 |
*
Acanthocephalans from Platichthys flesus and Mysis segerstralei were the source of the 28S rDNA and COI sequences, respectively.