A taxonomic reconsideration of the genus Plagiorhynchus s. lat. (Acanthocephala: Plagiorhynchidae), with descriptions of South African Plagiorhynchus (Prosthorhynchus) cylindraceus from shore birds and P. (P.) malayensis, and a key to the species of the subgenus Prosthorhynchus

Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-132

  Amin, Omar M ^a,b   Canaris, Albert G ^c   Kinsella, J Michael ^c  

^a Institute of Parasitic Diseases Tempe   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Aves; Description; Plagiorhynchus (Prosthorhynchus) cylindraceus; Plagiorhynchus (Prosthorhynchus) malayensis; Shore birds; South Africa; Subgenera Plagiorhynchus s. str. and Prosthorhynchus; Taxonomic key

Indexed keywords

PLAGIORHYNCHUS CYLINDRACEUS; PLAGIORHYNCHUS FORMOSUS; PLAGIORHYNCHUS MALAYENSIS; PLAGIORHYNCHUS TAIWANENSIS; PLAGIORHYNCHUS TRANSVERSUS; PROSTHORHYNCHUS CYLINDRACEUS; PROSTHORHYNCHUS FORMOSUS; PROSTHORHYNCHUS MALAYENSIS; PROSTHORHYNCHUS TAIWANENSIS; PROSTHORHYNCHUS TRANSVERSUS;

EID: 0032814565     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Amin, O. M. 1982. Acanthocephala. Pages 933-941 in S. P. Parker, ed. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
2. _. 1985. Classification. Pages 27-72 in D. W. T. Crompton and B. B. Nickol, eds. Biology of the Acanthocephala. Cambridge University Press, London.
3. _. 1992. Review of the genus Polymorphus Lühe, 1911 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae), with the synonymization of Hexaglandula Petrochenko, 1950, and Subcorynozoma Hoklova, 1967, and a key to the species. Qatar University Science Journal 12:115-123.
4. Golvan, Y. J. 1956. Acanthocèphales d'oiseaux. Troisième note. Revision des espèces Européennes de la sous-famille de Plagiorhynchinae A. Meyer 1931 (Polymorphidae). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 31:351-384.
5. _. 1960. Le phylum des Acanthocephala. Troisième note. La classe de Palaeacanthocephala (Meyer 1931). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 35:350-386.
6. _. 1994. Nomenclature of the Acanthocephala. Research and Reviews in Parasitology 54:35-205.
7. Gupta, V. and S. Fatma. 1988. On four acanthocephalan parasites of vertebrates from Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Indian Journal of Helminthology (1987) 39:128-142.
8. Hoklova, I. G. 1986. The Acanthocephalan Fauna of Terrestial Vertebrates of S.S.S.R. Nauka Press, Moscow. 276 pp.
9. Meyer, A. 1931. Neue Acanthocephalen aus dem Berliner Museum. Begrundung eines neuen Acanthocephalensystems auf Grund einer Untersuchung der Berliner Sammlung. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 62:53-108.
10. _. 1932-1933. Acanthocephala. Pages 1-582 in Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tier-Reichs. Vol. 4. Akademisch Verlagsgesellschaft MBH, Leipzig.
11. Petrochenko, V. I. 1956. Acanthocephala of Domestic and Wild Animals. Vol. 1. Izdatel'stvo Academii Nauk S.S.S.R., Moscow. 465 pp. (English translation by Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd., 1971)
12. _. 1958. Acanthocephala of Domestic and Wild Animals. Vol. 2. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk S.S.S.R., Moscow. 478 pp. (English translation by Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd., 1971)
13. Schmidt, G. D. 1981. Plagiorhynchus formosus Van Cleave, 1918, a synonym of Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus (Goeze, 1782) Schmidt and Kuntz, 1966. Journal of Parasitology 67:597-598.
14. _, and R. E. Kuntz. 1966. New and little-known plagiorhynchid Acanthocephala from Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands. Journal of Parasitology 52: 520-527.
15. _, and O. W. Olsen. 1964. Life cycle and development of Prosthorhynchus formosus (Van Cleave, 1918) Travassos, 1926, an acanthocephalan parasite of birds. Journal of Parasitology 50: 721-730.
16. Tubangui, M. A. 1933. Notes on Acanthocephala in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 50: 115-128, 6 plates.
17. _. 1935. Additional notes on Philippine Acanthocephala. Philippine Journal of Science 56:13-17, 2 plates.
18. Van Cleave, H. J. 1918. The Acanthocephala of North American birds. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 37:19-47.
19. _. 1942. A reconsideration of Plagiorhynchus formosus and observations of Acanthocephala with atypical lemnisci. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 61:206-210.
20. Yamaguti, S. 1939. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 29. Acanthocephala, II. Japanese Journal of Zoology 13:317-351.
21. _. 1963. Systema Helminthum. Vol. 5. Acanthocephala. Interscience Publishers, New York. 423 pp.