# Echinorhynchus

Echinorhynchus 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

## Gallery

* SEM of mature specimens of Echinorhynchus baeri
* SEM of mature specimens of Echinorhynchus baeri