1896  Prolecanites asiaticus Karpinskiy, p.179, 186.
     1949  Merocanites asiaticus.-Ruzhentsev: fig.20.
     1968  Merocanites asiaticus.-Popov, p.78, pl.1 fig.1.
     1981  Merocanites asiaticus.-Wiedmann & Kullmann: 229, fig.8.
     1984  Merocanites asiaticus.-Zheng: 188, textfig.3.
     2003  Michiganites asiaticus.-Korn, Ebbighausen,Bockwinkel & Klug: 1124, fig.2.

Fig. see TAX283 D-F (sutures), G-I (cross-sections). Fig. see TAX282: Ontogenetic development according to Karpinskii 1896 (from Wiedmann & Kullmann, fig.8).