North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

WoRMS taxon details

Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931

AphiaID

20307 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:20307)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Polymorphida

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Genus Andracantha Schmidt, 1975
Genus Arhythmorhynchus Lühe, 1911
Genus Bolbosoma Porta, 1908
Genus Corynosoma Lühe, 1904
Genus Filicollis Lühe, 1911
Genus Hexaglandula Petrochenko, 1950
Genus Ibirhynchus Garcia-Varela, Pérez-Ponce de León, Aznar & Nadler, 2011
Genus Neoandracantha Amin & Heckmann, 2017
Genus Polymorphus Lühe, 1911
Genus Profilicollis Meyer, 1931
Genus Southwellina Witenberg, 1932
Genus Tenuisoma Presswell, Bennett & Smales, 2020
Genus Bolborhynchus Porta, 1906 accepted as Bolbosoma Porta, 1908 (Pre-occupied)
Genus Falsifilicollis Webster, 1948 accepted as Profilicollis Meyer, 1931 (Synonym )

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2024). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=20307 on 2025-01-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2010-01-25 16:31:33Z

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Gibson, David

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taxonomy source Presswell, B.; Bennett, J. D. L.; Smales, L. R. (2020). Morphological and molecular characterisation of a new genus and species of acanthocephalan, Tenuisoma tarapungi n. g., n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) infecting red-billed gulls in New Zealand, with a key to the genera of the Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931. Systematic Parasitology. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-019-09898-0 [details]

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Ru, S.-S.; Yang, R.-J.; Chen, H.-X.; Kuzmina, T. A.; Spraker, T. R.; Li, L. (2022). Morphology, molecular characterization and phylogeny of Bolbosoma nipponicum Yamaguti, 1939 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae), a potential zoonotic parasite of human acanthocephaliasis. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 18: 212-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.06.003 [details]

identification resource Rothman, G. K.; et al. (2024). Morphological description and molecular characterization of Heterospinus mccordi n. gen. n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from cystacanths infecting a non‑native crayfish host, Procambarus clarkii (Decapoda: Cambaridae), in South Carolina,. Systematic Parasitology. 102 (2025):11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-024-10195-8 [details]

identification resource Schmidt, G. D. (1973). Resurrection of Southwellina Witenber, 1932, with a description of Southwellina dimorpha n. sp. and a key to the genera in Polymorphidae (Acanthocephala). Journal of Parasitology. 59(2), 299-305. [details]

identification resource Presswell, B.; Bennett, J. D. L.; Smales, L. R. (2020). Morphological and molecular characterisation of a new genus and species of acanthocephalan, Tenuisoma tarapungi n. g., n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) infecting red-billed gulls in New Zealand, with a key to the genera of the Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931. Systematic Parasitology. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-019-09898-0 [details]

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