WoRMS taxon details
Pomphorhynchus Monticelli, 1905
20396 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:20396)
accepted
Genus
Longicollum Yamaguti, 1935 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spiracanthorhynchus Harada, 1938 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Spirorhynchodes Strand, 1942 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Spirorhynchus Harada, 1935 · unaccepted (Pre-occupied)
- Species Pomphorhynchus alemniscus (Harada, 1935) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025
- Species Pomphorhynchus bulbocolli Linkins in Van Cleave, 1919
- Species Pomphorhynchus cadenati (Gupta & Naqvi, 1984) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025
- Species Pomphorhynchus chabanaudi (Dollfus & Golvan, 1963) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025
- Species Pomphorhynchus dattai (Saxena, Johri & Gupta, 2008) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025
- Species Pomphorhynchus engraulisi (Gupta & Fatma, 1985) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025
- Species Pomphorhynchus francoisae Golvan, 1969
- Species Pomphorhynchus indicum (Gupta & Gupta, 1970) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025
- Species Pomphorhynchus laevis (Zoega in Müller, 1776) Porta, 1908
- Species Pomphorhynchus lucyi Williams & Rogers, 1984
- Species Pomphorhynchus lutiani (Jain & Gupta, 1980) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025
- Species Pomphorhynchus noellae (Golvan, 1969) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025
- Species Pomphorhynchus pagrosomi (Yamaguti, 1935) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025
- Species Pomphorhynchus psettodesai (Gupta & Gupta, 1980) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025
- Species Pomphorhynchus quiloni (Gupta & Naqvi, 1984) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025
- Species Pomphorhynchus riouxi (Golvan, 1969) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025
- Species Pomphorhynchus rocci Cordonnier & Ward, 1967
- Species Pomphorhynchus sebastichthydis Yamaguti, 1939
- Species Pomphorhynchus tereticollis (Rudolphi, 1809) Meyer, 1932
- Species Pomphorhynchus alepniscus (Harada, 1935) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025 accepted as Pomphorhynchus alemniscus (Harada, 1935) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, Lapsus)
- Species Pomphorhynchus heronensis Pichelin, 1997 accepted as Pyriproboscis heronensis (Pichelin, 1997) (synonym)
- Species Pomphorhynchus turbinella (Diesing, 1851) Leiper & Atkinson, 1915 accepted as Bolbosoma turbinella (Diesing, 1851) Porta, 1908 (Superseded combination)
- Species Pomphorhynchus zhoushanensis Li, Chen, Amin & Yang, 2017 accepted as Pomphorhynchus pagrosomi (Yamaguti, 1935) Zhao, Chen, Wayland, Yang, Gu & Li, 2025 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Not documented
Taxonomic remark The taxonomic importance of the symmetry of the neck bulb for species identification in the genus Pomphorhynchus is questioned
Taxonomic remark The taxonomic importance of the symmetry of the neck bulb for species identification in the genus Pomphorhynchus is questioned [details]
Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2026). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Pomphorhynchus Monticelli, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=20396 on 2026-06-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Longicollum Yamaguti, 1935) Wöhrmann, S. von. (1893). Die Raibler Schichten: nebst kritischer Zusammenstellung ihrer Fauna. <em>Jahrbuch der kaiserlich-königlichen geologischen Reichsanstalt.</em> 43: 617-768., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.52394 [details]
original description (of Spirorhynchus Harada, 1935) Harada, I. (1935). Zur Acanthocephalenfauna von Japan. <em>Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Taihoku Imperial University of Formosa.Japan.</em> 14 (2): 7-23. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
original description (of Spirorhynchus Harada, 1935) Harada, I. (1935). Zur Acanthocephalenfauna von Japan. <em>Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Taihoku Imperial University of Formosa.Japan.</em> 14 (2): 7-23. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Li, L.; Chen, H.-X.; Amin, O. M.; Yang, Y. (2017). Morphological variability and molecular characterization of Pomphorhynchus zhoushanensis sp. nov. (Acanthocephala: Pomphorhynchidae), with comments on the systematic status of Pomphorhynchus Monticelli, 1905. <em>Parasitology International.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2017.05.010
note: Pomphorhynchus not monophyletic [details]
redescription Van Cleave, H. J. (1919). Acanthocephala from the Illinois River, with descriptions of species and a synopsis of the Fam. Neoechinorhynchidae. <em>Urbana Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey.</em> 13(Art. 8), (222-257)., available online at https://doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v13.332 [details]
note: Pomphorhynchus not monophyletic [details]
redescription Van Cleave, H. J. (1919). Acanthocephala from the Illinois River, with descriptions of species and a synopsis of the Fam. Neoechinorhynchidae. <em>Urbana Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey.</em> 13(Art. 8), (222-257)., available online at https://doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v13.332 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Amin, O. M.; Abdullah, S. M.; Mhaisen, F. T. (2003). Description of Pomphorhynchus spindletruncatus n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Pomphorhynchidae) from freshwater fishes in northern Iraq, with the erection of a new pomphorhynchid genus, Pyriproboscis n. g., and keys to genera of the Pomphorhynchidae and the species of Pomphorhynchus Monticelli, 1905. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 54(3): 229-235., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1022654921523 [details]
Other
additional source
Arai, H. P. (1989). Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada. Part III. Acanthocephala. L. Margolis and Z. Kabata (Eds). <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 107: 1-90.
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark The taxonomic importance of the symmetry of the neck bulb for species identification in the genus Pomphorhynchus is questioned [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Longicollum) (from synonym Longicollum Yamaguti, 1935)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Longicollum) (from synonym Longicollum Yamaguti, 1935)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomphorhynchus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spirorhynchus) (from synonym Spirorhynchus Harada, 1935)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Longicollum Yamaguti, 1935)
To Genbank (from synonym Longicollum Yamaguti, 1935)
To Genbank (from synonym Spirorhynchus Harada, 1935)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Longicollum) (from synonym Longicollum Yamaguti, 1935)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomphorhynchus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spirorhynchus) (from synonym Spirorhynchus Harada, 1935)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Longicollum Yamaguti, 1935)
To Genbank (from synonym Longicollum Yamaguti, 1935)
To Genbank (from synonym Spirorhynchus Harada, 1935)
To ITIS
