Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Palaeacanthocephala > Order Polymorphida

Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Andracantha Schmidt, 1975
Arhythmorhynchus Lühe, 1911
Bolbosoma Porta, 1908
Corynosoma Lühe, 1904
Filicollis Lühe, 1911
Hexaglandula Petrochenko, 1950
Polymorphus Lühe, 1911
Profilicollis Meyer, 1931
Southwellina Witenberg, 1932

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Ru, S.-S.; Yang, R.-J.; Chen, H.-X.; Kuzmina, T. A.; Spraker, T. R.; Li, L. (2022). Morphology, molecular characterization and phylogeny of Bolbosoma nipponicum Yamaguti, 1939 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae), a potential zoonotic parasite of human acanthocephaliasis. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 18: 212-220.
taxonomy source	Presswell, B.; Bennett, J. D. L.; Smales, L. R. (2020). Morphological and molecular characterisation of a new genus and species of acanthocephalan, Tenuisoma tarapungi n. g., n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) infecting red-billed gulls in New Zealand, with a key to the genera of the Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931. Systematic Parasitology.
identification resource	Schmidt, G. D. (1973). Resurrection of Southwellina Witenber, 1932, with a description of Southwellina dimorpha n. sp. and a key to the genera in Polymorphidae (Acanthocephala). Journal of Parasitology. 59(2), 299-305.
identification resource	Presswell, B.; Bennett, J. D. L.; Smales, L. R. (2020). Morphological and molecular characterisation of a new genus and species of acanthocephalan, Tenuisoma tarapungi n. g., n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) infecting red-billed gulls in New Zealand, with a key to the genera of the Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931. Systematic Parasitology.
identification resource	Rothman, G. K.; et al. (2024). Morphological description and molecular characterization of Heterospinus mccordi n. gen. n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from cystacanths infecting a non‑native crayfish host, Procambarus clarkii (Decapoda: Cambaridae), in South Carolina,. Systematic Parasitology. 102 (2025):11.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931. 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:20307

Dr. David Gibson. Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d39d989d-6689-4887-ae58-a2405f6287e3