WoRMS taxon details
Metacanthocephalus ovicephalus (Zhukov, 1960) Golvan, 1969
448774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:448774)
accepted
Species
Leptorhynchoides ovicephalus Zhukov, 1960 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Metacanthocephalus (Metacanthocephalus) ovicephalus (Zhukov, 1960) Golvan, 1969 · alternative representation
marine
(of Leptorhynchoides ovicephalus Zhukov, 1960) Zhukov, E.V. (1960). Endoparasitic worms of the fishes in the Sea of Japan and South-Kuril shallow-waters. <em>Trudy Zoologicheskogo lnstituta, Leningrad.</em> 28, 3-146 (In Russian). [details]
Type locality contained in Kurile Islands
type locality contained in Kurile Islands [details]
Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2026). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Metacanthocephalus ovicephalus (Zhukov, 1960) Golvan, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448774 on 2026-02-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leptorhynchoides ovicephalus Zhukov, 1960) Zhukov, E.V. (1960). Endoparasitic worms of the fishes in the Sea of Japan and South-Kuril shallow-waters. <em>Trudy Zoologicheskogo lnstituta, Leningrad.</em> 28, 3-146 (In Russian). [details]
new combination reference Golvan, Y. J. (1969). Systematique des Acanthocephales (Acanthocephala Rudolphi, 1801), L'ordre des Palaeacanthocephala Meyer, 1931, La superfamille des Echinorhynchidea (Cobbold, 1876) Golvan et Houin 1973. <em>Mémoires du Muséum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 47:1-373. [details]
new combination reference Golvan, Y. J. (1969). Systematique des Acanthocephales (Acanthocephala Rudolphi, 1801), L'ordre des Palaeacanthocephala Meyer, 1931, La superfamille des Echinorhynchidea (Cobbold, 1876) Golvan et Houin 1973. <em>Mémoires du Muséum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 47:1-373. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
