Paraechinorhynchus

Paraechinorhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Eoacanthocephala
Order: Neoechinorhynchida
Family: Neoechinorhynchidae
Genus: Paraechinorhynchus
Bilqees and Khan, 1983
Species:
P. kalriai
Binomial name
Paraechinorhynchus kalriai
Bilqees and Khan, 1983[1]

Paraechinorhynchus is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms) containing a single species, Paraechinorhynchus kalriai, that infests the rohu.

  1. ^ Bilqees, F. M., & Aly Khan, A. K. (1983). Paraechinorhynchus kalriai ng, n. sp.(Neoechinorhynchidea: Neoechinorhynchinae) from Labeo rohita (Ham).