Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Palaeacanthocephala > Order Polymorphida > Family Polymorphidae > Genus Polymorphus

Polymorphus minutus (Zeder, 1800) Lühe, 1911

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polymorphus*	Lühe, 1911	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Echinorhynchus minutus*	Zeder, 1800	objective synonym
*Echinorhynchus anatis*	Gmelin, 1791	subjective synonym
*Echinorhynchus boschadis*	Schrank, 1788	subjective synonym

Literature

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
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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Vinogradova, A. A.; Skvortsov, V. (2022). Duck helminths of the North Western Russia and Estonia. Parazitologiya. 56 (2), 108-125.
additional source	Schwantes, U. (2023). Impact of anthropogenous environmental factors on the marine ecosystem of trophically transmitted helminths and hosting seabirds: Focus on North Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic and the Arctic seas. Helminthologia. 60(4): 300-326.
redescription	Sarwar, H.; Zhao, W.-T.; Kibet, C. J.; Sitko, J.; Nie, P. (2021). Morphological and complete mitogenomic characterisation of the acanthocephalan Polymorphus minutus infecting the duck Anas platyrhynchos. Folia Parasitologica. 68.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Polymorphus minutus (Zeder, 1800) Lühe, 1911. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100637

Dr. David Gibson. Polymorphus minutus (Zeder, 1800) Lühe, 1911. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/edf2e8f5-8417-40c7-87e9-31ac4ba2e0c7