Echinorhynchus

Echinorhynchus

(e-kī'nō-ring'kŭs), A genus of acanthocephalid (thorny-headed) worms that originally included species now contained in Macracanthorhynchus, Gigantorhynchus, and other genera. [echino- + G. rhynchos, snout]

Echinorhynchus

An obsolete genus of acanthocephalid worms, now reclassified as Macracanthorhynchus spp, Gigantorhynchus spp and others.