MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Polymorphus contortus (Bremser in Westrumb, 1821) Travassos, 1926

NARMS taxon details

Polymorphus contortus (Bremser in Westrumb, 1821) Travassos, 1926

AphiaID

100636 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100636)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Polymorphus L�he, 1911

Original name

Echinorhynchus contortus Bremser in Westrumb, 1821

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

(of ) Westrumb, A. H. L. (1821). De helminthibus acanthocephalis. Commentatio historico-anatomica adnexo recensu animalium, in Museo Vindobonensi circa helminthes dissectorum et singularum specie rum harum in illis repertarum. Helwing Edit., Hanoverae. 85 pp. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2021). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Polymorphus contortus (Bremser in Westrumb, 1821) Travassos, 1926. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100636 on 2025-04-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Polymorphus contortus (Bremser in Westrumb, 1821) Travassos, 1926. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=100636 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gibson, David

2010-01-26 06:51:47Z

changed

Gibson, David

2019-12-13 18:51:40Z

changed

Gibson, David

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Westrumb, A. H. L. (1821). De helminthibus acanthocephalis. Commentatio historico-anatomica adnexo recensu animalium, in Museo Vindobonensi circa helminthes dissectorum et singularum specie rum harum in illis repertarum. Helwing Edit., Hanoverae. 85 pp. [details]

basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Acanthocephala, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 176-177 (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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Mus�um national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Song, Z.; Proctor, H. (2020). Application of DNA barcoding and morphometric analysis in differentiating cystacanths of Polymorphus species (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from central Alberta, Canada. Parasitology Research. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06870-6 [details]