Echinorhynchus gadi is a marine acanthocephalan, first described in 1776. It is named after its common fish host - Atlantic cod Gadus morhua.
Distribution
North Atlantic and Baltic Sea
Hosts
Marine fish (definitive host) and shrimp (intermediate host)
Detection Methods:
gross pathology / gross clinical signs
microscopic exam - wet mount
microscopic exam - histology
Target tissue
gut