WoRMS taxon details
Corynosoma cetaceum Johnston & Best, 1942
448857 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:448857)
accepted
Species
Polymorphus arctocephali Smales, 1986 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polymorphus cetaceum (Johnston & Best, 1942) Schmidt & Dailey, 1971 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
marine
Johnston, T. H.; Best, E. W. (1942). Australian Acanthocephala. No. 3. <em>Trans.. Roy. Soc. South Australia.</em> 66. (2), 250-254., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41569429
page(s): 250-252 [details]
page(s): 250-252 [details]
Type locality contained in Southwest Australian Shelf
type locality contained in Southwest Australian Shelf [details]
Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Corynosoma cetaceum Johnston & Best, 1942. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448857 on 2025-11-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Johnston, T. H.; Best, E. W. (1942). Australian Acanthocephala. No. 3. <em>Trans.. Roy. Soc. South Australia.</em> 66. (2), 250-254., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41569429
page(s): 250-252 [details]
original description (of Polymorphus arctocephali Smales, 1986) Smales, L. R. (1986). Polymorphidae (Acanthocephala) from Australian mammals with descriptions of two new species. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 8(2): 91-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00009865 [details]
page(s): 250-252 [details]
original description (of Polymorphus arctocephali Smales, 1986) Smales, L. R. (1986). Polymorphidae (Acanthocephala) from Australian mammals with descriptions of two new species. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 8(2): 91-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00009865 [details]
Other
additional source
Golvan, Y.J. (1994). Nomenclature of the Acanthocephala. <em>Research and Reviews in Parasitology.</em> 54(3): 135-205. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Pereira, J., da Silva, R. Z. (2016). Acanthocephala. <em>In: Eiras, J., Vellosa, A,, Pereira, J. Parasitos de peixes marinhos da América do Sul. Editora de FURG, Rio Grande.</em> pp. 261-275. [details]
additional source Hernández-Orts, J. S.; Alama-Bermejo, G.; García, N. A.; Crespo, E. A.; Montero, F. E.; Raga, J. A.; Aznar, F.J. (2019). Acanthocephalans from Marine Fishes from Patagonia, Argentina. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 105(1): 162., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/18-125 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Braicovich, P. E.; Irigoitia, M. M.; Bovcon, N. D.; Timi, J. T. (2020). Parasites of Percophis brasiliensis (Percophidae) benefited from fishery regulations: Indicators of success for marine protected areas?. <em>Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3436 [details]
additional source Lanfranchi, A. L.; Canel, D.; Alarcos, A. J.; Levy, E.; Braicovich, P. E.; Marcotegui, P.; Timi, J. T. (2024). Parasite assemblages as indicators of stability in stock structure of Cynoscion guatucupa (Sciaenidae) after a quarter of century of exploitation in a marine warming hotspot. <em>Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09864-0 [details]
[request]additional source Pereira, J., da Silva, R. Z. (2016). Acanthocephala. <em>In: Eiras, J., Vellosa, A,, Pereira, J. Parasitos de peixes marinhos da América do Sul. Editora de FURG, Rio Grande.</em> pp. 261-275. [details]
additional source Hernández-Orts, J. S.; Alama-Bermejo, G.; García, N. A.; Crespo, E. A.; Montero, F. E.; Raga, J. A.; Aznar, F.J. (2019). Acanthocephalans from Marine Fishes from Patagonia, Argentina. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 105(1): 162., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/18-125 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Braicovich, P. E.; Irigoitia, M. M.; Bovcon, N. D.; Timi, J. T. (2020). Parasites of Percophis brasiliensis (Percophidae) benefited from fishery regulations: Indicators of success for marine protected areas?. <em>Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3436 [details]
additional source Lanfranchi, A. L.; Canel, D.; Alarcos, A. J.; Levy, E.; Braicovich, P. E.; Marcotegui, P.; Timi, J. T. (2024). Parasite assemblages as indicators of stability in stock structure of Cynoscion guatucupa (Sciaenidae) after a quarter of century of exploitation in a marine warming hotspot. <em>Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09864-0 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Polymorphus arctocephali Smales, 1986)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Corynosoma cetaceum)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Polymorphus cetaceum (Johnston & Best, 1942) Schmidt & Dailey, 1971)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Corynosoma cetaceum)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Polymorphus cetaceum (Johnston & Best, 1942) Schmidt & Dailey, 1971)
To ITIS
