Polymorphidae Meyer 1931
Creators: name: Santos, Cláudia P.
name: Gibson, David I.
name: Tavares, Luiz E. R.
name: Luque, José L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Acanthocephala
Palaeacanthocephala
Polymorphida
Polymorphidae

description: Family Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931
Bolbosoma sp.—larva
Host and habitat: Scomber japonicus (MAR), Merluccius hubbsi (new host record) (MAR)
Locality: Off Rio de Janeiro
Reference: Rêgo and Santos (1983)
Corynosoma australe Johnston, 1937 —larva
Hosts and habitat: Centropomus undecimalis (MAR), Cephalopholis fulva (MAR), Cynoscion guatucupa (MAR), Diapterus rhombeus (MAR), Galeorhinus galeus (MAR), Genypterus brasiliensis (MAR), Hexanchus griseus (MAR), Menticirrhus americanus (MAR), Micropogonias furnieri (MAR), Mullus argentinae (MAR), Paralichthys isosceles (MAR), Pomatomus saltatrix (MAR), Prionotus punctatus (MAR), Scomber japonicus (MAR), Squalus megalops (MAR), Squatina sp. (MAR)
Localities: Off Rio de Janeiro, off Rio Grande do Sul, off Paraná
References: Pereira and Neves (1993), Luque and Chaves (1999), Alves and Luque (1999, 2000, 2001a, b), Knoff et al. (2001), Abdallah et al. (2002), Luque et al. (2002), Alves et al. (2002a, b, 2003), Sabas and Luque (2003), Tavares and Luque (2004b), Luque and Poulin (2004), Timi et al. (2005), Bicudo et al. (2005), Oliva et al. (2008)
Corynosoma sp.—larva
Hosts and habitat: Euthynnus alletteratus (MAR), Galeorhinus galeus (MAR), Hexanchus griseus (MAR), Merluccius hubbsi (MAR—new record), Micropogonias furnieri (MAR), Pagrus pagrus (MAR), Pomatomus saltatrix (MAR), Sarda sarda (MAR), Scomber japonicus (MAR), Squalus megalops (MAR), Squatina sp. (MAR), Umbrina canosai (MAR)
Localities: Off Rio de Janeiro, off Rio Grande do Sul, off Paraná, off Santa Catarina
References: Rêgo et al. (1983), Cezar and Amato (1998), Luque and Chaves (1999), Alves and Luque (2000, 2001a, b, 2006), Knoff et al. (2001), Paraguassú et al. (2002), Luque and Poulin (2004), Oliva et al. (2008)
Hexaglandula mutabilis (Rudolphi, 1819) (syn. Polymorphus mutabilis)—larva
Hosts and habitat: Atherina sp. (BW/MAR), Eucinostomus harengulus (BW/MAR), Sphoeroides testudineus (BW/MAR), Strongylura marinus (BW/MAR)
Locality: Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro
References: Travassos (1926)
Polymorphus sp.—larva
Hosts and habitats: Anchoa tricolor (MAR), Astronotus ocellatus (FW), Genidens barbus (MAR), Genypterus brasiliensis (MAR), Geophagus brasiliensis (FW), Oligosarcus hepsetus (FW), Pagrus pagrus (MAR), Priacanthus arenatus (MAR), Trichiurus lepturus (MAR), Urophycis mystacea (MAR)
Localities: Off Rio de Janeiro, Rio Guandú – Rio de Janeiro
References: Silva et al. (2000a, b), Tavares et al. (2001), Alves et al. (2002a, b, c), Paraguassú et al. (2002), Luque and Poulin (2004), Abdallah et al. (2004), Tavares and Luque (2004a), Tavares et al. (2004a, 2005), Azevedo et al. (2006, 2007)
Polymorphidae gen. sp.—larva
Host and habitat: Lophius gastrophysus (new record) (MAR)
Locality: Off Rio de Janeiro
description: Published as part of Santos, Cláudia P., Gibson, David I., Tavares, Luiz E. R. & Luque, José L., 2008, Checklist of Acanthocephala associated with the fishes of Brazil, pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 1938 on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184999