WoRMS taxon details
Leptorhynchoides Kostylev, 1924
20363 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:20363)
accepted
Genus
Pleurorhynchus Nau, 1787 · unaccepted (Pre-occupied)
- Species Leptorhynchoides plagicephalus (Westrumb, 1821) Kostylew, 1924
- Species Leptorhynchoides polycristatus Amin, Heckmann, Halajian, El-Naggar & Tavakol, 2013
- Species Leptorhynchoides thecatus (Linton, 1891) Kostylev, 1924
- Species Leptorhynchoides campbelli (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Johnston & Best, 1937 accepted as Metacanthocephalus campbelli (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Golvan, 1969 (Superseded combination)
- Species Leptorhynchoides debenhami (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Johnston & Best, 1937: accepted as Metacanthocephalus rennicki (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Zdzitowiecki, 1983 (Synonym )
- Species Leptorhynchoides ovicephalus Zhukov, 1960 accepted as Metacanthocephalus ovicephalus (Zhukov, 1960) Golvan, 1969 (Superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh
masculine
Not documented
Taxonomy Transferred from the Rhadinorhychidae to the Illiosentidae by Garcia-Varela & Gonzalez-Oliver (2008).
Taxonomy Transferred from the Rhadinorhychidae to the Illiosentidae by Garcia-Varela & Gonzalez-Oliver (2008). [details]
Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2026). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Leptorhynchoides Kostylev, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=20363 on 2026-01-24
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
García-Varela, M.; González-Oliver, A. (2008). The Systematic Position of Leptorhynchoides (Kostylew, 1924) and Pseudoleptorhynchoides (Salgado-Maldonado, 1976), Inferred From Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Gene Sequences. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 94(4): 959-962., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/ge-1420.1 [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]
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]
Other
additional source
Arai, H. P. (1989). Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada. Part III. Acanthocephala. L. Margolis and Z. Kabata (Eds). <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 107: 1-90.
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Transferred from the Rhadinorhychidae to the Illiosentidae by Garcia-Varela & Gonzalez-Oliver (2008). [details]
