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

Southwellina hispida (Van Cleave, 1925) Witenberg, 1932

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Southwellina*	Witenberg, 1932	accepted genus name
*Hemiechinosoma*	Petrochenko & Smogorjevskaya, 1962	generic synonym

Species group names

*Arhythmorhynchus hispida*	Van Cleave, 1925	objective synonym
*Arhythmorhynchus duocinctus*	Chandler, 1935	subjective synonym
*Arhythmorhynchus fuscus*	Harada, 1929	subjective synonym
*Polymorphus ardeae*	Belopol'skaja, 1958	subjective synonym
*Arhythmorhynchus hispidus*	Van Cleave, 1925	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	Moore, C.; Segura-Garcia, I.; McCoy, M.; Mccoy, K. (2024). New Host Record (Bathygobius soporator , Teleostei) for Southwellina hispida (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, U.S.A. Comparative Parasitology. 91(2).
additional source	Amin, O.M. 1998. Marine flora and fauna of the eastern United States: Acanthocephala. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 135. U.S. Department of Commerce. 27 p.
additional source	CBIF
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	Salgado-Maldonado, G. and O. M. Amin. 2009. Acanthocephala of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 539–552 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	García-Varela, M.; López-Jiménez, A.; González-García, M. T.; Sereno-Uribe, A. L.; Andrade-Gómez, L. (2023). Contrasting the population genetic structure of a specialist (Hexaglandula corynosoma: Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) and generalist parasite (Southwellina hispida) distributed sympatrically in Mexico. Parasitology. 1-36.
additional source	Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers). (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/taxonomy-systematics/host-parasites/.
redescription	Naidu, K. V. (2012). Fauna of India and the adjacent countries - Acanthocephala. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. 638 pp.
redescription	Amin, O. M.; Chaudhary, A.; Singh, H. S. (2022). Morphological and Molecular Description of Immature Southwellina hispida (Van Cleave, 1925) Witenberg, 1932 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from the Body Cavity of the Paratenic Host Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper (Gobiidae) in California, with Analyses of the Chemical Composition of Hooks and Spines. Acta Parasitologica.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Southwellina hispida (Van Cleave, 1925) Witenberg, 1932. 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:100647

Dr. David Gibson. Southwellina hispida (Van Cleave, 1925) Witenberg, 1932. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/84e7fbc2-3dc0-4547-b08b-af9fc9db13bb