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

Profilicollis Meyer, 1931

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Falsifilicollis*	Webster, 1948	generic synonym
*Polymorphus*	auct.	misapplied name

Children

Profilicollis botulus (Van Cleave, 1916) Meyer, 1931
Profilicollis major (Lundstrom, 1942)

Literature

basis of record	Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Acanthocephala by Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki.
taxonomy source	Amin, O. M.; Rodríguez, S. M.; Farrer, S..; Fierro, P.; Garcés, C.; Rivera, F.; D'Elía, G. (2023). Review of the concept of Profilicollis Meyer, 1931 with a description of Profilicollis rancoensis n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from the freshwater crab, Aegla abtao Schmitt, 1942 (Decapoda: Anomura) in Chile, with a key to congeneric species. Parasite. 30:42.
taxonomy source	Nickol, B. B.; Crompton, D. W. T.; Searle, D. W. (1999). Reintroduction of Profilicollis Meyer, 1931, as a Genus in Acanthocephala: Significance of the Intermediate Host. The Journal of Parasitology. 85(4): 716.
identification resource	Amin, O. M.; Rodríguez, S. M.; Farrer, S..; Fierro, P.; Garcés, C.; Rivera, F.; D'Elía, G. (2023). Review of the concept of Profilicollis Meyer, 1931 with a description of Profilicollis rancoensis n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from the freshwater crab, Aegla abtao Schmitt, 1942 (Decapoda: Anomura) in Chile, with a key to congeneric species. Parasite. 30:42.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Profilicollis 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:341174

Dr. David Gibson. Profilicollis Meyer, 1931. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9fd31aba-cf3d-480e-ac00-cfd4b1070b2d