MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Leptorhynchoides Kostylev, 1924

WoRMS taxon details

Leptorhynchoides Kostylev, 1924

AphiaID

20363 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:20363)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Echinorhynchus plagicephalus Westrumb, 1821 accepted as Leptorhynchoides plagicephalus (Westrumb, 1821) Kostylew, 1924

Typetaxon of

Leptorhynchoididae Witenberg, 1932

Parent

Leptorhynchoididae Witenberg, 1932

Synonymised names

Pleurorhynchus Nau, 1787 · unaccepted (Pre-occupied)

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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Atkinson, 1914) Johnston & Best, 1937 accepted as Metacanthocephalus campbelli (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Golvan, 1969 (Superseded combination)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Leptorhynchoides ovicephalus Zhukov, 1960 accepted as Metacanthocephalus ovicephalus (Zhukov, 1960) Golvan, 1969 (Superseded combination)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

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]

Taxonomic citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). 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 2025-04-10

Taxonomic edit history

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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. Journal of Parasitology. 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). Parasitology International. 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). Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 107: 1-90.
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]

Definitions

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