WoRMS taxon details

Polymorphus acutis Van Cleave & Starrett, 1940

159716  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159716)

accepted
Species
marine
Cleave, H. J. V.; Starrett, W. C. (1940). The Acanthocephala of Wild Ducks in Central Illinois, with Descriptions of Two New Species. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59(3): 348-353., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3222551 [details]   
Distribution unknown; lack of study done on this group in the Bay of Fundy and surrounding waters   
Distribution unknown; lack of study done on this group in the Bay of Fundy and surrounding waters  [details]
Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2024). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Polymorphus acutis Van Cleave & Starrett, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159716 on 2024-04-27
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2005-05-30 08:27:04Z
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2010-01-26 06:51:47Z
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original description Cleave, H. J. V.; Starrett, W. C. (1940). The Acanthocephala of Wild Ducks in Central Illinois, with Descriptions of Two New Species. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59(3): 348-353., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3222551 [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  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Diet obligate intestinal parasites that lack their own digestive system. [details]

Distribution unknown; lack of study done on this group in the Bay of Fundy and surrounding waters  [details]

Habitat adults: vertebrate intestinal tracts  [details]

Reproduction dioecious [details]

remark definitive hosts include: Anas platyrhynchos, A. acuta, A. clypeata, A. strepera, Bucephala clangula, Larus argentatus, Podiceps grisegena [details]