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

Corynosoma Lühe, 1904

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Corynosoma hadweni Van Cleave, 1953
Corynosoma magdaleni Montreuil, 1958
Corynosoma pyriforme (Bremser in Rudolphi, 1824)
Corynosoma semerme (Forssell, 1904) Lühe, 1911
Corynosoma strumosum (Rudolphi, 1802) Lühe, 1904
Corynosoma wegeneri Heinze, 1934

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	Leidenberger, S.; Boström, S.; Wayland, M. T. (2019). Morphological observations on three Baltic species of Corynosoma Lühe, 1905 (Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae). European Journal of Taxonomy. (514).
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
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.
redescription	Aznar, F. J.; Pérez-Ponce De León, G.; Raga, J. A. (2006). Status of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) based on anatomical, ecological, and phylogenetic evidence, with the erection of Pseudocorynosoma n. gen. Journal of Parasitology. 92(3): 548-564.
taxonomy source	Van Cleave, H. J. (1953). A Preliminary Analysis of the Acanthocephalan Genus Corynosoma in Mammals of North America. Journal of Parasitology. 39 (1): 1-13.
taxonomy source	Aznar, F. J.; Pérez-Ponce De León, G.; Raga, J. A. (2006). Status of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) based on anatomical, ecological, and phylogenetic evidence, with the erection of Pseudocorynosoma n. gen. Journal of Parasitology. 92(3): 548-564.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Corynosoma Lühe, 1904. 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:20331

Dr. David Gibson. Corynosoma Lühe, 1904. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2dcf587f-2dcc-4a1d-81d4-4e6bbcbc3c2e