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Polymorphus
Sign in to savethumb|Red pigment depiction of the Polymorphus
Species
bitter fleabane
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAcanthocephala
- ClassPalaeacanthocephala
- OrderPolymorphida
- FamilyPolymorphidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations10,445
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 165
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Polymorphidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Colombia, Mexico, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polymorphidae
Show 3 more facts
- taxon author citation
- Lühe, 1911
- taxon name
- Polymorphus
- taxon rank
- genus
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Species
- Morphology
- General morphological features
- Sexual dimorphism and reproductive morphology
- Males
- Females
- Endoparasitic lifestyle
- Previous names
- References
thumb|Red pigment depiction of the Polymorphus
Polymorphus is a genus of obligate endoparasitic worms that belongs to the phylum Acanthocephala. There are currently 36 extant species within the genus Polymorphus characterized by their endoparasitic lifestyle, and red colouration 3.thumb|Polymorphus
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polymorphus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.