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

Bolbosoma balaenae (Gmelin, 1790) Porta, 1908

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bolbosoma*	Porta, 1908	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Echinorhynchus balaenae*	Gmelin, 1790	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Wülker, G.; Schuurmans Stekhoven Jr., J.H. (1933). Acanthocephala. The fauna of the North Sea and Baltic, 24(6.e). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft: Leipzig, Germany. 64 pp.
additional source	Gregori, M.; Aznar, F.; Abollo, E.; Roura, Á.; González, Á.; Pascual, S. (2012). Nyctiphanes couchii as intermediate host for the acanthocephalan Bolbosoma balaenae in temperate waters of the NE Atlantic. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 99(1): 37-47.
additional source	Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Acanthocephala by Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki.
additional source	Bennett, J.; Poulin, R.; Presswell, B. (2022). Annotated checklist and genetic data for parasitic helminths infecting New Zealand marine invertebrates. Invertebrate Biology. 141(3): e12380.
additional source	Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158.
additional source	Lehnert, K.; Poulin, R.; Presswell, B. (2019). Checklist of marine mammal parasites in New Zealand and Australian waters. Journal of Helminthology. 93(06): 649-676.
redescription	Santoro, M.; Palomba, M.; Gili, C.; Marcer, F.; Marchiori, E.; Mattiucci, S. (2021). Molecular and morphological characterization of Bolbosoma balaenae (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae), a neglected intestinal parasite of the fin whale Balaenoptera physalus. Parasitology. 1-10.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Bolbosoma balaenae (Gmelin, 1790) Porta, 1908. 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:147793