Echinorhynchus

Echinorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos), meaning "hedgehog", and ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos), meaning "snout", is a genus of acanthocephalan parasitic worms. They parasitize a wide variety of fishes from both marine and fresh waters. The intermediate host is usually a crustacean. Echinorhynchus abyssicola Dollfus, 1931 Echinorhynchus acanthotrias Linstow, 1883 Echinorhynchus alcedinis Westrumb, 1821 Echinorhynchus armoricanus Golvan, 1969 Echinorhynchus astacifluviatilis Diesing, 1851 Echinorhynchus attenuatus Linton, 1891 Echinorhynchus baeri Kostylev, 1928 Echinorhynchus bipennis Kaiser, 1893 Echinorhynchus blenni Rudolphi, 1810 Echinorhynchus briconi Machado, 1959 Echinorhynchus calloti Golvan, 1969 Echinorhynchus canyonensis Huffman and Kleiver, 1977 Echinorhynchus cestodicola Linstow, 1905 Echinorhynchus chierchiae Monticelli, 1889 Echinorhynchus cinctulus Porta, 1905 Echinorhynchus corrugatus Sars, 1885 Echinorhynchus cotti Yamaguti, 1939 Echinorhynchus cryophilus (Sokolowskaja, 1962) Echinorhynchus debenhami Leiper and Atkinson, 1914 Echinorhynchus dendrocopi Westrumb, 1821 Echinorhynchus diffuens Zenker, 1832 Echinorhynchus dissimilis Yamaguti, 1939 Echinorhynchus eperlani Linstow, 1884 Echinorhynchus gadi Zoega, 1776 Echinorhynchus galbulae Diesing, 1851 Echinorhynchus garzae Zeder, 1803 Echinorhynchus gazae Gmelin, 1790 Echinorhynchus gomesi Machado, 1948 Echinorhynchus gracilis Machado, 1948 Echinorhynchus gymnocyprii Wang and Yang, 1981 Echinorhynchus hexacanthus Dujardin, 1845 Echinorhynchus hexagrammi Beava, 1965 Echinorhynchus inflexus Cobbold, 1861 Echinorhynchus jucundus Travassos, 1923 Echinorhynchus kushiroensis Fujita, 1921 Echinorhynchus labri Rudolphi, 1819 Echinorhynchus lageniformis Ekbaum, 1838 Echinorhynchus lateralis Leidy, 1851 Echinorhynchus laurentianus Roland, 1957 Echinorhynchus leidyi Van Cleave, 1924 Echinorhynchus lendix (Phipps, 1774) Echinorhynchus lenoki Achmerov, et al., 1941 Echinorhynchus lotellae Yamaguti, 1939 Echinorhynchus melanoglaeae Dollfus, 1960 Echinorhynchus monticelli Porta, 1904 Echinorhynchus nardoi Molin, 1859 Echinorhynchus nitzschi Giebel, 1866 Echinorhynchus oblitus Golvan, 1969 Echinorhynchus orestiae Neveu-Lemaire, 1905 Echinorhynchus orientalis Kaw, 1951 Echinorhynchus paranensis Machado, 1959 Echinorhynchus parasiluri Fukui, 1929 Echinorhynchus pardi Huxley, 1902 Echinorhynchus pari Rudolphi, 1819 Echinorhynchus peleci Grimm, 1870 Echinorhynchus platessae Rudolphi, 1809 Echinorhynchus platessoides Gmelin, 1790 Echinorhynchus pleuronectis Gmelin, 1790 Echinorhynchus pleuronectisplatessoides Viborg, 1795 Echinorhynchus praetextus Molin, 1858 Echinorhynchus pupa Linstow, 1905 Echinorhynchus rhenanus (Golvan, 1969) Echinorhynchus rhytidodes Monticelli, 1905 Echinorhynchus robustus Datta, 1928 Echinorhynchus salmonis Mueller, 1784 Echinorhynchus salobrensis Machado, 1948 Echinorhynchus sciaenae Rudolphi, 1819 Echinorhynchus scopis Gmelin, 1790 Echinorhynchus scorpaenae Rudolphi, 1819 Echinorhynchus serpentulus Grimm, 1870 Echinorhynchus sipunculus Schrank, 1788 Echinorhynchus solitarium Molin, 1858 Echinorhynchus stridulae Goeze, 1782 Echinorhynchus strigis Gmelin, 1782 Echinorhynchus taeniaeforme Linstow, 1890 Echinorhynchus tardae Rudolphi, 1809 Echinorhynchus tenuicollis Froelich, 1802 Echinorhynchus truttae Schrank, 1788 Echinorhynchus urniger Dujardin, 1845 Echinorhynchus yamagutii Golvan, 1969 Echinorhynchus zanclorhynchi Johnston and Best, 1937

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