Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Palaeacanthocephala > Order Echinorhynchida > Family Rhadinorhynchidae > Subfamily Gorgorhynchinae > Genus Leptorhynchoides

Leptorhynchoides plagicephalus (Westrumb, 1821)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Echinorhynchus Zoega in Müller, 1776

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptorhynchoides*	Kostylev, 1924	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Echinorhynchus plagicephalus*	Westrumb, 1821	objective synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D.I. (2001). Acanthocephala, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 176-177
additional source	Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (Ed.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Gibson, D. (2014). Leptorhynchoides plagicephalus (Westrum, 1821). In: Gibson, David World list of marine Acanthocephala. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100621

Dr David Gibson. Leptorhynchoides plagicephalus (Westrumb, 1821). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=387815