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