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Genus of worms
Not to be confused with the extinct mammal
Polymorphis .
Polymorphus is a genus of parasitic worms from the
phylum Acanthocephala. This group uses amphipod crustaceans as intermediate hosts and various birds as final hosts.
The genus used to be a larger group, but species that were formerly placed in the genus have now been placed in the genus Profilicollis based on morphological characteristics and the use of decapod crustaceans as intermediate hosts.
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Species
Polymorphus actuganensis Petrochenko, 1949
Polymorphus acutis Van Cleave and Starrett, 1940
Polymorphus arctocephali Smales, 1986
Polymorphus ariusis (Bilqees, 1971)
Polymorphus biziurae Johnston and Edmonds, 1948
Polymorphus boschadis (Schrank, 1788)
Polymorphus brevis (Van Cleave, 1916)
Polymorphus chongqingensis Liu, Zhang and Zhang, 1990
Polymorphus cincli Belopolskaya, 1959
Polymorphus contortus (Bremser in Westrumb, 1821)
Polymorphus corynoides Skrjabin, 1913
Polymorphus corynosoma Travassos, 1915
Polymorphus crassus Van Cleave, 1924
Polymorphus cucullatus Van Cleave and Starrett, 1940
Polymorphus diploinflatus Lundström, 1942
Polymorphus fatimaae Khan, Dharejo, Birmani and Bilqees, 2008
Polymorphus fulicai Birmani, Dharejo and Khan, 2011
Polymorphus gavii Hokhlova, 1965
Polymorphus inermis Travassos, 1923
Polymorphus karachiensis (Bilqees, 1971)
Polymorphus kostylewi Petrochenko, 1949
Polymorphus magnus Skrjabin, 1913
Polymorphus marchii (Porta, 1910)
Polymorphus marilis Van Cleave, 1939
Polymorphus mathevossianae Petrochenko, 1949
Polymorphus meyeri Lundström, 1942
Polymorphus miniatus (von Linstow, 1896)
Polymorphus minutus (Goeze, 1782)
Polymorphus mohiuddini Muti-ur-Rahman, Khan, Bilqees and Khatoon, 2008
Polymorphus mutabilis (Rudolphi, 1819)
Polymorphus nickoli Khan and Bilqees, 1998
Polymorphus obtusus Van Cleave, 1918
Polymorphus paradoxus Connell and Corner, 1957
Polymorphus paucihamatus Heinze, 1936
Polymorphus phippsi Kostylew, 1922
Polymorphus piriformis (Bremser in Rudolphi, 1819)
Polymorphus pupa (von Linstow, 1905)
Polymorphus sichuanensis Wang and Zhang, 1987
Polymorphus sindensis Khan, Ghazi and Bilqees, 2002
Polymorphus spindlatus Amin and Heckmann, 1991
Polymorphus striatus (Goeze, 1782)
Polymorphus strumosoides Lundström, 1942
Polymorphus swartzi Schmidt, 1965
Polymorphus trochus Van Cleave, 1945
References
^ B.B. Nickol, D.W.T. Crompton, and D.W. Searle (1999). "Reintroduction of Profilicollis Meyer, 1931, as a genus in Acanthocephala: Significance of the intermediate host." Journal of Parasitology 85(4):716-718