WoRMS taxon details
Metacanthocephalus Yamaguti, 1959
341176 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341176)
accepted
Genus
Metacanthocephalus pleuronichthydis Yamaguti, 1959 (type by original designation)
- Species Metacanthocephalus campbelli (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Golvan, 1969
- Species Metacanthocephalus dalmori Zdzitowiecki, 1983
- Species Metacanthocephalus johnstoni Zdzitowiecki, 1983
- Species Metacanthocephalus ovicephalus (Zhukov, 1960) Golvan, 1969
- Species Metacanthocephalus pleuronichthydis Yamaguti, 1959
- Species Metacanthocephalus rennicki (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Zdzitowiecki, 1983
- Species Metacanthocephalus thapari Gupta & Gupta, 1975 accepted as Metarhadinorhynchus thapari Gupta & Gupta, 1975 accepted as Indorhynchus thapari (Gupta & Gupta, 1975) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024 (Lapsus)
marine
masculine
Yamaguti, S. (1959). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 55. Four new genera of Acanthocephala from fishes. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biology Laboratory.</em> 7 (3): 319-326. [details]
Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Metacanthocephalus Yamaguti, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341176 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Yamaguti, S. (1959). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 55. Four new genera of Acanthocephala from fishes. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biology Laboratory.</em> 7 (3): 319-326. [details]
basis of record Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Acanthocephala by Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Acanthocephala by Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Kita, Y.; Hiruta, S. F.; Sasaki, M.; Kajihara, H. (2023). Systematic position of the genus Metacanthocephalus Yamaguti, 1959 (Palaeacanthocephala: Echinorhynchida) inferred from molecular evidence, with a redescription of Metacanthocephalus ovicephalus (Zhukov, 1960). <em>Parasitology International.</em> 94: 102731., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2023.102731 [details]
