''Paracanthorhynchus'' is a monotypic genus of

worm Worms are many different distantly related bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and no eyes (though not always). Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine polychaete wor ...

s belonging to the family

Rhadinorhynchidae Rhadinorhynchidae is a family of parasitic worms from the order Echinorhynchida. Species Rhadinorhynchidae has 4 subfamilies (Golvanacanthinae, Gorgorhynchinae, Rhadinorhynchinae, and Serrasentoidinae) and the following species: Golvanacan ...

. The only species is ''Paracanthorhynchus galaxiasus''. The species is found in Southern Australia.

References

Monotypic animal genera Rhadinorhynchidae Acanthocephala genera {{Acanthocephalan-stub