WoRMS taxon details
Polymorphus Lühe, 1911
AphiaID: 20391
AphiaID: 20391
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Acanthocephala (Phylum) > Palaeacanthocephala (Class) > Polymorphida (Order) > Polymorphidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: The Zoological Record: records of zoological literature relating chiefly to the year: Zoological Society of London City: London, UK (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Smales, L.; Pichelin, S. (2009). Acanthocephala. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Polymorphus acutis Van Cleave & Starrett, 1940 Species Polymorphus ariusis (Bilqees, 1974) Amin, 1992 Species Polymorphus botulus (Van Cleave, 1916) Species Polymorphus cetaceum (Johnston & Best, 1942) Species Polymorphus contortus (Bremser, 1821) Species Polymorphus karachiensis (Bilqees, 1974) Amin, 1992 Species Polymorphus kenti Van Cleave, 1947 Species Polymorphus magnus Skrjabin, 1913 Species Polymorphus major Lundstrom, 1942 Species Polymorphus minutus (Zeder, 1800) Species Polymorphus obtusus Van Cleave, 1918 Species Polymorphus phippsi Kostylev, 1922 Species Polymorphus sphaerocephalus (Bremser in Rudolphi, 1819) Van Cleave, 1947 Species Polymorphus texensis Webster, 1948 Species Polymorphus trochus Van Cleave, 1945 Species Polymorphus altmani (Perry, 1942) accepted as Profilicollis altmani (Perry, 1942) Van Cleave, 1947 Species Polymorphus arctocephali Smales, 1986 accepted as Corynosoma cetaceum Johnston & Best, 1942 Species Polymorphus brevis (Van Cleave, 1916) Travassos, 1926 accepted as Arhythmorhynchus brevis (Van Cleave, 1916) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:20391 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Gibson, D. (2013). Polymorphus Lühe, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=20391 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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