Profilicollis novaezelandensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polymorphida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Platyzoa Phylum: Acanthocephala Classis: Palaeacanthocephala Ordo: Polymorphida

Familia: Polymorphidae
Genus: Profilicollis
Species: Profilicollis novaezelandensis

Name

• Profilicollis novaezelandensis Brockerhoff & Smales, 2002
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: male
    • Repository: MONZ W.1498 (ethanol)
  • Type host: Haematopus ostralegus finschi, from the small intestine
  • Type locality: 'Ashley River, Canterbury, New Zealand'

Primary references

• Brockerhoff, A.M.; Smales, L.R. 2002: Profilicollis novaezelandensis n. sp. (Polymorphidae) and two other acanthocephalan parasites from shore birds (Haematopodidae and Scolopacidae) in New Zealand, with records of two species in intertidal crabs (Decapoda: Grapsidae and Ocypodidae). Systematic parasitology 52(1): 55–65. DOI: 10.1023/A:1015011112900 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fredensborg, B.L.; Latham, A.D.; Poulin, R. 2004: New records of gastrointestinal helminths from the red-billed gull (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus). New Zealand journal of zoology, 31 (1): 75–80. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2004.9518362 PDF
• Latham, A.D.M.; Poulin, R. 2002: New records of gastrointestinal helminths from the southern black-backed gull (Larus dominicanus) in New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 29 (3): 253–257. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2002.9518309 PDF
• Marshall, B.A. 2005: Recent and fossil invertebrate primary types in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa: Protozoa, Acanthocephala, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Myxozoa, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Platyhelminthes, Porifera and Sipuncula. Tuhinga, 16: 45–58. PDF