Taxonomy Profile: Polymorphus (Lühe 1911)

Polymorphus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Hexaglandula
Petrochenko 1950
Subfilicollis
Hokhlova 1967
Polymorphus (Polymorphus)
Lühe 1911
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Polymorphus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Platyzoa
Phylum : Acanthocephala
spiny-headed worms |
acantocéfalo |
thorny-headed worms |
Order : Polymorphida
Family : Polymorphidae
Genus : Polymorphus
Polymorphus Direct Children(s):
Polymorphus brevis
(Van Cleave 1916)
Polymorphus mutabilis
(Rudolphi 1819)
Polymorphus corynosoma
(Travassos 1915)
Polymorphus inermis
(Travassos 1923)
Polymorphus minutus
(Goeze 1782)
Polymorphus boschadis
(Schrank 1788)
Polymorphus actuganensis
(Petrochenko 1949)
Polymorphus acutis
(Van Cleave and Starrett 1940)
Polymorphus biziurae
(Johnston and Edmonds 1948)
Polymorphus cincli
(Belopolskaya 1959)
Polymorphus contortus
(Bremser in Westrumb 1821)
Polymorphus corynoides
(Skrjabin 1913)
Polymorphus crassus
(Van Cleave 1924)
Polymorphus cucullatus
(Van Cleave and Starrett 1940)
Polymorphus diploinflatus
(Lundström 1942)
Polymorphus gavii
(Hokhlova 1965)
Polymorphus kostylewi
(Petrochenko 1949)
Polymorphus magnus
(Skrjabin 1913)
Polymorphus marchii
(Porta 1910)
Polymorphus marilis
(Van Cleave 1939)
Polymorphus mathevossianae
(Petrochenko 1949)
Polymorphus meyeri
(Lundström 1942)
Polymorphus miniatus
(von Linstow 1896)
Polymorphus obtusus
(Van Cleave 1918)
Polymorphus paradoxus
(Connell and Corner 1957)
Polymorphus phippsi
(Kostylew 1922)
Polymorphus striatus
(Goeze 1782)
Polymorphus strumosoides
(Lundström 1942)
Polymorphus swartzi
(Schmidt 1965)
Polymorphus trochus
(Van Cleave 1945)
Polymorphus ariusis
(Bilqees 1971)
Polymorphus chongqingensis
(Liu Zhang and Zhang 1990)
Polymorphus karachiensis
(Bilqees 1971)
Polymorphus nickoli
(Khan and Bilqees 1998)
Polymorphus sindensis
(Khan Ghazi and Bilqees 2002)
Polymorphus pupa
(von Linstow 1905)
Polymorphus spindlatus
(Amin and Heckmann 1991)
Polymorphus fatimaae
(Khan Dharejo Birmani and Bilqees 2008)
Polymorphus fulicai
(Birmani Dharejo and Khan 2011)
Polymorphus mohiuddini
(Muti-ur-Rahman Khan Bilqees and Khatoon 2008)
Polymorphus piriformis
(Bremser in Rudolphi 1819)
Polymorphus sichuanensis
(Wang and Zhang 1987)
Polymorphus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Polymorphus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Amin, Omar M. / Crompton, D. W. T. and Brent B. Nickol
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1985-01-01 / 1985-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Classification
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Biology of the Acanthocephala
Page(s):
27-72
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Publication Place:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-521-24674-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Polymorphus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Amin, Omar M.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2013-09-19 / 2013-09-19
Article/Chapter Title:
Classification of the Acanthocephala
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Folia Parasitologica, vol. 60, no. 4
Page(s):
273-305
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0015-5683
Notes:
Available online at http://folia.paru.cas.cz/
Reference for:
Polymorphus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Bhattacharya, Subhendu Bikas
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2007-03-01 / 2007-03-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Handbook on Indian Acanthocephala
Page(s):
225
Publisher:
Zoological Survey of India
Publication Place:
Kolkata, India
ISBN/ISSN:
81-8171-138-6/
Notes:
Reference for:
Polymorphus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Lühe, Max
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1911-01-01 / 1911-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Acanthocephalen. Register der acanthocephalen und parasitischen plattwürmer, geordnet nach ihren wirten
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Die Süsswasserfauna Deutschlands, Eine Exkursionsfauna, vol. 16
Page(s):
iv + 116
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/919561
Reference for:
Polymorphus
Polymorphus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Polymorphus: Comments
Comment:
'Amin's 1992 revision of Polymorphus recognised two subgenera, Polymorphus Lühe, 1911 and Profilicollis Meyer, 1931. The elevation of these two subgenera to the generic level has been controversial, e.g. Nickol et al. 1999 supports it based on intermediate host affinities but García-Varela and Pérez-Ponce de León (2008) disagree based on sequences of the cox 1 gene. The elevation to generic level is provisionally admitted herein.' (Amin, 2013)