WoRMS 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unaccepted (Superseded combination)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]
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 kenti Van Cleave, 1947. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159720 on 2024-04-20
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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]
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 gulls. Originally, this species was identified in Kent Island, New Brunsiwck. [details]
