RAMS taxon details
Metacanthocephalus Yamaguti, 1959
341176 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341176)
accepted
Genus
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: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341176 on 2025-06-07
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Metacanthocephalus Yamaguti, 1959. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341176 on 2025-06-07
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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]
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]
basis of record Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Acanthocephala by Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Golvan, Y.J. (1994). Nomenclature of the Acanthocephala. <em>Research and Reviews in Parasitology.</em> 54(3): 135-205. [details] Available for editors
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]
basis of record Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Acanthocephala by Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Golvan, Y.J. (1994). Nomenclature of the Acanthocephala. <em>Research and Reviews in Parasitology.</em> 54(3): 135-205. [details] Available for editors
