WoRMS taxon details
Metarhadinorhynchus Yamaguti, 1959
448581 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:448581)
accepted
Genus
Metarhadinorhynchus lateolabracis Yamaguti, 1959 (type by subsequent designation)
Gorgorhynchoides Cable & Linderoth, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neogorgorhynchoides Gupta & Fatma, 1987 · unaccepted (Synonym)
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus bullocki (Cable & Mafarachisi, 1970) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus cablei (Gupta & Fatma, 1987) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus cribbi (Smales, 2014) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus elongatus (Cable & Linderoth, 1963) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus epinepheli (Wang, 1986) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus gnathanodontos (Smales, 2014) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus golvani (Chandra, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1984) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus indicus (Bhattacharya & Banerjee, 2003) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus lateolabracis Yamaguti, 1959
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus lintoni (Cable & Mafarachisi, 1970) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus queenslandensis (Smales, 2014) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus valiyathurae Nadakal, John & Jacob, 1990
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus arii (Wang, 1966) Wang, 1986 accepted as Indorhynchus arii (Wang, 1966) Wang, 1990 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus echeneisi Gupta & Sinha, 1991 accepted as Indorhynchus echeneisi (Gupta & Sinha, 1991) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus thapari Gupta & Gupta, 1975 accepted as Indorhynchus thapari (Gupta & Gupta, 1975) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metarhadinorhynchus thaparus Gupta & Gupta, 1975 accepted as Metarhadinorhynchus thapari Gupta & Gupta, 1975 accepted as Indorhynchus thapari (Gupta & Gupta, 1975) Kita, Nitta & Kajihara, 2024 (Lapsus)
marine, brackish, fresh
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/174636 [details]
Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2026). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Metarhadinorhynchus Yamaguti, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448581 on 2026-03-05
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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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/174636 [details]
original description (of Gorgorhynchoides Cable & Linderoth, 1963) Cable, R. M.; Linderoth, J. (1963). Taxonomy of Some Acanthocephala from Marine Fishes with Reference to Species from Curacao, N.A., and Jamaica, W.I. <em>The Journal of Parasitology.</em> 49(5): 706-716., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3275911 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Neogorgorhynchoides Gupta & Fatma, 1987) Gupta, V.; Fatma, S. (1987). On some acanthocephalan parasites (Rhadinorhynchidae) from fishes of Kerala, Puri and Tamil Nadu. <em>Indian Journal of Helminthology.</em> 39(1):1–26. [details]
original description (of Gorgorhynchoides Cable & Linderoth, 1963) Cable, R. M.; Linderoth, J. (1963). Taxonomy of Some Acanthocephala from Marine Fishes with Reference to Species from Curacao, N.A., and Jamaica, W.I. <em>The Journal of Parasitology.</em> 49(5): 706-716., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3275911 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Neogorgorhynchoides Gupta & Fatma, 1987) Gupta, V.; Fatma, S. (1987). On some acanthocephalan parasites (Rhadinorhynchidae) from fishes of Kerala, Puri and Tamil Nadu. <em>Indian Journal of Helminthology.</em> 39(1):1–26. [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]
redescription Naidu, K. V. (2012). Fauna of India and the adjacent countries - Acanthocephala. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.</em> 638 pp. [details]
redescription Naidu, K. V. (2012). Fauna of India and the adjacent countries - Acanthocephala. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.</em> 638 pp. [details]
