Echinorhynchus brayi n. sp. (Palaeacanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae) is described from Pachycara crassiceps (Roule) (Zoarcidae) from the Porcupine Seabight, Northeast Atlantic. The new species closely resembles E. canyonensis Huffman & Kliever, 1977, a parasite of a Pacific zoarcid, but has longer lemnisci, larger eggs and larger testes. E. brayi n. sp. can be readily differentiated from the ten other Echinorhynchus spp. recorded from deep-sea fishes (E. abyssicola, E. gadi, E. longiproboscis, E. malacocephali, E. melanoglaeae, E. muraenolepisi, E. petrotschenkoi, E. sebastolobi, E. trachyrinci and E. truttae), because it has fewer hooks per longitudinal row.
Standard morphometric and meristic data from females
Morphometric and meristic data from the 25 female specimens of the type-material of Echinorhynchus brayi Wayland, Sommerville & Gibson, 1999 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae).
Echinorhynchus_brayi_female_meristics_morphometrics.csv
Standard morphometric and meristic data from males
Morphometric and meristic data from the 14 male specimens of the type-material of Echinorhynchus brayi Wayland, Sommerville & Gibson, 1999 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae). Specimens include holotype.
Echinorhynchus_brayi_male_meristics_morphometrics.csv
Hook measurement data from females
Hook measurements from 6 female specimens of the type-material of Echinorhynchus brayi Wayland, Sommerville & Gibson, 1999 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae).
Echinorhynchus_brayi_female_hook_measurements.csv
Hook measurement data from males
Hook measurements from 7 male specimens of the type-material of Echinorhynchus brayi Wayland, Sommerville & Gibson, 1999 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae). Specimens include holotype.
Echinorhynchus_brayi_male_hook_measurements.csv
