MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pomphorhynchus Monticelli, 1905

WoRMS taxon details

Pomphorhynchus Monticelli, 1905

AphiaID

20396 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:20396)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Echinorhynchus laevis Zoega in Müller, 1776 accepted as Pomphorhynchus laevis (Zoega in Müller, 1776) Porta, 1908

Parent

Pomphorhynchidae Yamaguti, 1939

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Species Pomphorhynchus bulbocolli Linkins in Van Cleave, 1919
Species Pomphorhynchus francoisae Golvan, 1969
Species Pomphorhynchus laevis (Zoega in Müller, 1776) Porta, 1908
Species Pomphorhynchus lucyi Williams & Rogers, 1984
Species Pomphorhynchus rocci Cordonnier & Ward, 1967
Species Pomphorhynchus sebastichthydis Yamaguti, 1939
Species Pomphorhynchus tereticollis (Rudolphi, 1809) Meyer, 1932
Species Pomphorhynchus zhoushanensis Li, Chen, Amin & Yang, 2017
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turbinella (Diesing, 1851) Leiper & Atkinson, 1915 accepted as Bolbosoma turbinella (Diesing, 1851) Porta, 1908 (Superseded combination)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

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]

Taxonomic citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). 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 2025-03-28

Taxonomic edit history

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Nomenclature

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. Parasitology International. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2017.05.010
note: Pomphorhynchus not monophyletic [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. Systematic Parasitology. 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). Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 107: 1-90.
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]

Definitions

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