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

Profilicollis botulus (Van Cleave, 1916) Meyer, 1931

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Profilicollis*	Meyer, 1931	accepted genus name
*Falsifilicollis*	Webster, 1948	generic synonym
*Polymorphus*	auct.	misapplied name

Species group names

*Filicollis botulus*	Van Cleave, 1916	objective synonym
*Polymorphus botulus*	(Van Cleave, 1916) Van Cleave, 1937	synonym

Literature

additional source	Schwantes, U. (2023). Impact of anthropogenous environmental factors on the marine ecosystem of trophically transmitted helminths and hosting seabirds: Focus on North Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic and the Arctic seas. Helminthologia. 60(4): 300-326.
additional 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	Golvan, Y.J. (1994). Nomenclature of the Acanthocephala. Research and Reviews in Parasitology. 54(3): 135-205.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Profilicollis botulus (Van Cleave, 1916) 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:448883

Dr. David Gibson. Profilicollis botulus (Van Cleave, 1916) Meyer, 1931. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8bc13d14-8cc3-4ec4-9bf7-a18e3566aef1