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Porocephalidae Sambon, 1922

AphiaID

384710 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384710)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Porocephaloidea Sambon, 1922

Synonymised names

Pentastomidae Shipley, 1909 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Subfamily Armilliferinae Kishida, 1928
1. Genus Armillifer Sambon, 1922
2. Genus Cubirea Kishida, 1928
3. Genus Ligamifer Heymons, 1932 accepted as Armillifer Sambon, 1922 (junior synonym)
4. Genus Netorhynchus Zenker, 1827 (unlikely to be a pentastomid)
5. Genus Nettorhynchus Zenker, 1827 accepted as Netorhynchus Zenker, 1827 (misspelling)
Subfamily Porocephalinae Sambon, 1922
1. Genus Elenia Heymons, 1932
2. Genus Gigliolella Chabaud & Choquet, 1954
3. Genus Kiricephalus Sambon, 1922
4. Genus Parasambonia Stunkard & Gandal, 1968
5. Genus Porocephalus Humboldt, 1812
6. Genus Waddycephalus Sambon, 1922
7. Genus Cayerina Kishida, 1927 accepted as Kiricephalus Sambon, 1922 (junior synonym)
8. Genus Pentastoma Rudolphi, 1812 accepted as Porocephalus Humboldt, 1812 (alternative rank)
9. Genus Pentastomum Rudolphi, 1812 accepted as Porocephalus Humboldt, 1812 (alternative rank and spelling)
10. Genus Polystoma Rudolphi, 1812 accepted as Porocephalus Humboldt, 1812 (unecessary replacement name)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Sambon, L.W. 1922. A synopsis of the family Linguatulidae [part I]. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 25: 188-206. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Porocephalidae Sambon, 1922. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=384710 on 2024-11-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-10 14:14:17Z

created

Boxshall, Geoff

2012-11-22 16:24:36Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2013-04-30 11:54:10Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

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original description Sambon, L.W. 1922. A synopsis of the family Linguatulidae [part I]. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 25: 188-206. [details]

original description (of Pentastomidae Shipley, 1909) Shipley, A.E. 1909. Chapter XX. Pentastomida. Pp. 488-496 in: Harmer, S.F., and Shipley, A.E. (eds), The Cambridge natural history. Macmillan & Co: London. [details]

basis of record Christoffersen, M.L., and De Assis, J.E. 2013. A systematic monograph of the Recent Pentastomida, with a compilation of their hosts. Zoologische Mededelingen 87: 1-206. [details]

additional source Poore, G. C. B. (2012). The nomenclature of the Recent Pentastomida (Crustacea), with a list of species and available names. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 82(3): 211-240., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-012-9363-x [details] Available for editors