REDESCRIPTION AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF NEOECHINORHYNCHUS (NEOECHINORHYNCHUS) PLANILIZAI (ACANTHOCEPHALA: NEOECHINORHYNCHIDAE) FROM PLANILIZA ABU (HECKEL) (MUGILIDAE) IN IRAQ

• Date: 2026
• Author Affiliations: Omar Amin — Parasitology Center, Inc.; Anshu Chaudhary — Chaudhary Charan Singh Univ. , Meerut (UP); Makoto Enoki Caracciolo — Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (UEA), Amazonas, Brazil; A. H. Ali — Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq; M. H. Al-Kuraizy — College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq; N. Y. Rubtsova — Institute of Parasitic Diseases (IPD) 11445 E.Via Linda, #2-419 Scottsdale, AZ USA 85259; H.S. S. Singh — S. Singh Banaras Hindu University, Meerut-250004, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Keywords: keywords
• Main Authors: Amin, Omar, Chaudhary, Anshu, Caracciolo, Makoto Enoki, Ali , A. H., Al-Kuraizy , M. H., Rubtsova, N. Y., S. Singh, H.S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2026
• Online Access: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/907
• Journal Title: Zoodiversity

  Neoechinorhynchus (N.) planilizai Al-Ayash, Gustinelli, Al-Nasiri, Caffara, 2021 was recently described from Planiliza abu (Heckel) in Iraq using line drawings. We update and complete that description using new ocular microscopy, SEM, and molecular analysis. New collections revealed s...