Term: Echinococcus (genus)
Literally
meaning: “spined
granule ”
Origin: Anc Greek
'åχ[éνος/echinos(=spiny)
+κόκκος/kokkos(=round seed, granule)
Coined/History
The name derived because the parasite forms granular and spined bodies
into inner of hydatid cyst. The Italian Francesco Redi first described
the worms in his book in 1864. It was not untill 1853 that Carl von Siebold
demonstrated that Echinococcus cysts
from sheep gave rise to adult tapeworms when fed to dogs.
Sources
Redi, F. 1684. Osservazioni intorno agli animali viventi che
si trovano negli animali viventi. Pietro Martini, Florence , Italy. ).
von Siebold, C. T. 1853. Ueber die Verwandlung der Echinococcus-brut
in Taenien. Z. Wissen. Zool. 4:409-425.
Definition
Echinococcus is a genus of Phylum Platyhelminthes that
includes six species of tapewarms. Echinococcus causes hydatid disease
(echinococcosis).
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