Polymorphus
| Polymorphus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
| Class: | Palaeacanthocephala |
| Order: | Polymorphida |
| Family: | Polymorphidae |
| Genus: | Polymorphus Lühe, 1911 |
| Synonyms | |
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Hexaglandula Petrochenko, 1950 | |
Polymorphus is a genus of parasitic worms from the phylum Acanthocephala. This group uses amphipod crustaceans as intermediate hosts and various birds as final hosts.
The genus used to be a larger group, but species that were formerly placed in the genus have now been placed in the genus Profilicollis based on morphological characteristics and the use of decapod crustaceans as intermediate hosts.[1]
Species[]
- Petrochenko, 1949
- Van Cleave and Starrett, 1940
- Smales, 1986
- (Bilqees, 1971)
- Johnston and Edmonds, 1948
- (Schrank, 1788)
- (Van Cleave, 1916)
- Liu, Zhang and Zhang, 1990
- Belopolskaya, 1959
- (Bremser in Westrumb, 1821)
- Skrjabin, 1913
- Travassos, 1915
- Van Cleave, 1924
- Van Cleave and Starrett, 1940
- Lundström, 1942
- Khan, Dharejo, Birmani and Bilqees, 2008
- Birmani, Dharejo and Khan, 2011
- Hokhlova, 1965
- Travassos, 1923
- (Bilqees, 1971)
- Petrochenko, 1949
- Skrjabin, 1913
- (Porta, 1910)
- Van Cleave, 1939
- Petrochenko, 1949
- Lundström, 1942
- (von Linstow, 1896)
- (Goeze, 1782)
- Muti-ur-Rahman, Khan, Bilqees and Khatoon, 2008
- (Rudolphi, 1819)
- Khan and Bilqees, 1998
- Van Cleave, 1918
- Connell and Corner, 1957
- Heinze, 1936
- Kostylew, 1922
- (Bremser in Rudolphi, 1819)
- (von Linstow, 1905)
- Wang and Zhang, 1987
- Khan, Ghazi and Bilqees, 2002
- Amin and Heckmann, 1991
- (Goeze, 1782)
- Lundström, 1942
- Schmidt, 1965
- Van Cleave, 1945
References[]
- ^ B.B. Nickol, D.W.T. Crompton, and D.W. Searle (1999). "Reintroduction of Profilicollis Meyer, 1931, as a genus in Acanthocephala: Significance of the intermediate host." Journal of Parasitology 85(4):716-718
Categories:
- Polymorphidae
- Acanthocephala genera
- Parasites of birds