WoRMS taxon details
Bolbosoma vasculosum (Rudolphi, 1819) Porta, 1908
100607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100607)
accepted
Species
Bolborhynchus capitatus (von Linstow, 1880) Porta, 1906 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Bolborhynchus pellucidus (Leuckart, 1828) Porta, 1906 · unaccepted (Synonym )
Bolbosoma aurantiacum (Risso, 1826) Porta, 1908 · unaccepted (Synonym )
Bolbosoma capitatum (von Linstow, 1880) Porta, 1908 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Bolbosoma pellucidum (Leuckart, 1828) · unaccepted (Synonym )
Bolbosoma physeteris Gubanov, 1952 · unaccepted (Synonym )
Bolbosoma thunni Harada, 1935 · unaccepted (Synonym )
Echinorhynchus annulatus Molin, 1858 · unaccepted (Synonym )
Echinorhynchus aurantiacus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Echinorhynchus capitatus von Linstow, 1880 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Echinorhynchus pellucidus Leuckart, 1828 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Echinorhynchus serrani Linton, 1901 · unaccepted (Synonym )
Echinorhynchus vasculosus Rudolphi, 1819 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Echinosoma vasculosus (Rudolphi, 1819) Porta, 1907 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
marine
(of Echinorhynchus vasculosus Rudolphi, 1819) Rudolphi, C. A. (1819). Entozoorum Synopsis cui Accedunt Mantissa Duplex et Indices Locupletissimi. Berolini: Augusti Rücker. ix + 811 pp., pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9698017 [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. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Bolbosoma vasculosum (Rudolphi, 1819) Porta, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100607 on 2025-12-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinorhynchus capitatus von Linstow, 1880) Linstow, O. von. (1880). Helminthologische Untersuchungen. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte.</em> 46 (I): 49. [details]
original description (of Echinorhynchus vasculosus Rudolphi, 1819) Rudolphi, C. A. (1819). Entozoorum Synopsis cui Accedunt Mantissa Duplex et Indices Locupletissimi. Berolini: Augusti Rücker. ix + 811 pp., pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9698017 [details]
original description (of Echinorhynchus pellucidus Leuckart, 1828) Leuckart, Friedrich Sigismund. (1828). Breves animalium quorundum maxima ex parte marinorum descriptiones. <em>[book, perhaps thesis].</em> Heidelberg, Osswald, 24 pp., available online at https://www.google.com/books/edition/Breves_animalium_quorundam_maxima_ex_par/ptxlAAAAcAAJ
page(s): page 23, Plate 1, figure 6ab [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Acanthocephala, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 176-177 (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Porta, A. (1908). Nota sugli acantocefali di mammiferi del Museo Zoologico di Napoli. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Universita di Napoli.</em> 2 (22): 1-6. [details]
original description (of Echinorhynchus vasculosus Rudolphi, 1819) Rudolphi, C. A. (1819). Entozoorum Synopsis cui Accedunt Mantissa Duplex et Indices Locupletissimi. Berolini: Augusti Rücker. ix + 811 pp., pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9698017 [details]
original description (of Echinorhynchus pellucidus Leuckart, 1828) Leuckart, Friedrich Sigismund. (1828). Breves animalium quorundum maxima ex parte marinorum descriptiones. <em>[book, perhaps thesis].</em> Heidelberg, Osswald, 24 pp., available online at https://www.google.com/books/edition/Breves_animalium_quorundam_maxima_ex_par/ptxlAAAAcAAJ
page(s): page 23, Plate 1, figure 6ab [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Acanthocephala, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 176-177 (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Porta, A. (1908). Nota sugli acantocefali di mammiferi del Museo Zoologico di Napoli. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Universita di Napoli.</em> 2 (22): 1-6. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Lisitsyna, O.; Barčák, D.; Orosová, M.; Fan, C.-K.; Oros, M. (2023). Acanthocephalans of marine and freshwater fishes from Taiwan with description of a new species. <em>Folia Parasitologica.</em> 70., available online at https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2023.021 [details]
redescription García-Gallego, A.; Aznar, F. J.; Hernández-Orts, J. S.; Davison, N. J.; Briscoe, A. G.; Loizaga, R.; Littlewood, D. T. J.; Fraija-Fernández, N. (2025). Revisiting the genus Bolbosoma Porta, 1908 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae): host specificity, phylogeny, and species synonymization. <em>Parasites & Vectors.</em> 18(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-025-07015-3 [details]
redescription García-Gallego, A.; Aznar, F. J.; Hernández-Orts, J. S.; Davison, N. J.; Briscoe, A. G.; Loizaga, R.; Littlewood, D. T. J.; Fraija-Fernández, N. (2025). Revisiting the genus Bolbosoma Porta, 1908 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae): host specificity, phylogeny, and species synonymization. <em>Parasites & Vectors.</em> 18(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-025-07015-3 [details]
Other
additional source
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 Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158. [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 Golvan, Y.J. (1994). Nomenclature of the Acanthocephala. <em>Research and Reviews in Parasitology.</em> 54(3): 135-205. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Naidu, K. V. (2012). Fauna of India and the adjacent countries - Acanthocephala. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.</em> 638 pp. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158. [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 Golvan, Y.J. (1994). Nomenclature of the Acanthocephala. <em>Research and Reviews in Parasitology.</em> 54(3): 135-205. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Naidu, K. V. (2012). Fauna of India and the adjacent countries - Acanthocephala. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.</em> 638 pp. [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
Unreviewed
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]
Ecology for a comprehensive list of hosts check Wülker et al. (1933). [details]
Habitat adults: vertebrate intestinal tracts [details]
Reproduction dioecious [details]
remark definitive hosts include: Delphinus delphis (dolphin), Mesoplodon bidens (dolphin) [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Bolbosoma physeteris Gubanov, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Bolbosoma capitatum (von Linstow, 1880) Porta, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bolbosoma capitatum) (from synonym Bolbosoma capitatum (von Linstow, 1880) Porta, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bolbosoma vasculosum)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Bolbosoma capitatum (von Linstow, 1880) Porta, 1908)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Bolbosoma capitatum (von Linstow, 1880) Porta, 1908)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Bolbosoma capitatum (von Linstow, 1880) Porta, 1908)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Bolbosoma physeteris Gubanov, 1952)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Bolbosoma capitatum (von Linstow, 1880) Porta, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bolbosoma capitatum) (from synonym Bolbosoma capitatum (von Linstow, 1880) Porta, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bolbosoma vasculosum)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Bolbosoma capitatum (von Linstow, 1880) Porta, 1908)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Bolbosoma capitatum (von Linstow, 1880) Porta, 1908)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Bolbosoma capitatum (von Linstow, 1880) Porta, 1908)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Bolbosoma physeteris Gubanov, 1952)
To ITIS
