Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS) - Metacanthocephalus Yamaguti, 1959

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Metacanthocephalus Yamaguti, 1959

AphiaID

341176 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341176)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Metacanthocephalus pleuronichthydis Yamaguti, 1959 (type by original designation)

Parent

Leptorhynchoididae Witenberg, 1932

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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)

Environment

marine

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Yamaguti, S. (1959). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 55. Four new genera of Acanthocephala from fishes. Publications of the Seto Marine Biology Laboratory. 7 (3): 319-326. [details]

Taxonomic citation

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 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2008-03-20 13:47:22Z

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Decock, Wim

2010-01-25 13:04:28Z

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Gibson, David

2019-12-07 13:05:01Z

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Gibson, David

2023-01-26 21:11:59Z

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Gibson, David

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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. Publications of the Seto Marine Biology Laboratory. 7 (3): 319-326. [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). Parasitology International. 94: 102731., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2023.102731 [details]

Other

additional source Golvan, Y.J. (1994). Nomenclature of the Acanthocephala. Research and Reviews in Parasitology. 54(3): 135-205. [details] Available for editors

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