NARMS name details

Polymorphus kenti Van Cleave, 1947

159720  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159720)

 unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Species
marine, terrestrial
Cleave, H. J. V. (1947). Analysis of Distinctions between the Acanthocephalan Genera Filicollis and Polymorphus, with Description of a New Species of Polymorphus. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 66(3): 302., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223398 [details]   
Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2021). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Polymorphus kenti Van Cleave, 1947. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=159720 on 2024-03-29
NARMS (2024). Polymorphus kenti Van Cleave, 1947. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=159720 on 2024-03-29
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2005-05-30 08:27:04Z
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2010-01-26 06:51:47Z
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2020-06-08 12:22:32Z
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original description Cleave, H. J. V. (1947). Analysis of Distinctions between the Acanthocephalan Genera Filicollis and Polymorphus, with Description of a New Species of Polymorphus. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 66(3): 302., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223398 [details]   

basis of record Amin, O.M. 1998. Marine flora and fauna of the eastern United States: Acanthocephala. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 135. U.S. Department of Commerce. 27 p. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Salgado-Maldonado, G. and O. M. Amin. 2009. Acanthocephala of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 539–552 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]   

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
remark definitive hosts include gulls. Originally, this species was identified in Kent Island, New Brunsiwck. [details]