Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Palaeacanthocephala > Order Echinorhynchida > Family Leptorhynchoididae

Leptorhynchoides Kostylev, 1924

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Leptorhynchoides plagicephalus (Westrumb, 1821) Kostylew, 1924

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.
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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Leptorhynchoides Kostylev, 1924. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:20363

Dr. David Gibson. Leptorhynchoides Kostylev, 1924. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/98391fd3-1fc4-4cca-9657-7311910d2fdd