Polymorphidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
FAMILY: Published in
Neues Jahrb. Min., 1887(2): 89

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Acanthocephala: class
Palaeacanthocephala: order
Polymorphida: family
Polymorphidae

Name

Synonyms: Filicollidae
Homonyms: Polymorphidae

Bibliographic References

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Presswell, B.; Bennett, J. D. L.; Smales, L. R. (2020). Morphological and molecular characterisation of a new genus and species of acanthocephalan, Tenuisoma tarapungi n. g., n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) infecting red-billed gulls in New Zealand, with a key to the genera of the Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931. Systematic Parasitology.
Presswell, B.; Bennett, J. D. L.; Smales, L. R. (2020). Morphological and molecular characterisation of a new genus and species of acanthocephalan, Tenuisoma tarapungi n. g., n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) infecting red-billed gulls in New Zealand, with a key to the genera of the Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931. Systematic Parasitology.
Presswell, B.; Bennett, J. D. L.; Smales, L. R. (2020). Morphological and molecular characterisation of a new genus and species of acanthocephalan, Tenuisoma tarapungi n. g., n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) infecting red-billed gulls in New Zealand, with a key to the genera of the Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931. Systematic Parasitology.
Presswell, B.; Bennett, J. D. L.; Smales, L. R. (2020). Morphological and molecular characterisation of a new genus and species of acanthocephalan, Tenuisoma tarapungi n. g., n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) infecting red-billed gulls in New Zealand, with a key to the genera of the Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931. Systematic Parasitology.
Rothman, G. K.; et al. (2024). Morphological description and molecular characterization of Heterospinus mccordi n. gen. n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from cystacanths infecting a non‑native crayfish host, Procambarus clarkii (Decapoda: Cambaridae), in South Carolina,. Systematic Parasitology. 102 (2025):11. 10.1007/s11230-024-10195-8
Rothman, G. K.; et al. (2024). Morphological description and molecular characterization of Heterospinus mccordi n. gen. n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from cystacanths infecting a non‑native crayfish host, Procambarus clarkii (Decapoda: Cambaridae), in South Carolina,. Systematic Parasitology. 102 (2025):11. 10.1007/s11230-024-10195-8
Ru, S.-S.; Yang, R.-J.; Chen, H.-X.; Kuzmina, T. A.; Spraker, T. R.; Li, L. (2022). Morphology, molecular characterization and phylogeny of Bolbosoma nipponicum Yamaguti, 1939 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae), a potential zoonotic parasite of human acanthocephaliasis. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 18: 212-220. 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.06.003