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