WoRMS taxon details
Parorchis acanthus (Nicoll, 1906) Nicoll, 1907
158687 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158687)
accepted
Species
Cercaria purpurae Lebour, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cercaria sensifera Stunkard & Shaw, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Parorchis acanthus var. australis Angel, 1954 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Parorchis avitus Linton, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zeugorchis acanthus Nicoll, 1906 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Parorchis acanthus numenii Oshmarin, 1963
- Variety Parorchis acanthus var. australis Angel, 1954 accepted as Parorchis acanthus (Nicoll, 1906) Nicoll, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Zeugorchis acanthus Nicoll, 1906) Nicoll, W. (1906). Some new and little-known trematodes. <em>Annals & Magazine of Natural History.</em> 7 s. (102), 17: 513–527.
page(s): 519 [details]
page(s): 519 [details]
Type locality contained in United Kingdom part of the North Sea
type locality contained in United Kingdom part of the North Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution geographic range not obtained; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy
Distribution geographic range not obtained; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy [details]
WoRMS (2025). Parorchis acanthus (Nicoll, 1906) Nicoll, 1907. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158687 on 2025-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Parorchis avitus Linton, 1914) Linton, E. (1914). Notes on a viviparous Distome. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 46: 551-555.
page(s): 551 [details]
original description (of Parorchis acanthus var. australis Angel, 1954) Angel, L. M. (1954). Parorchis acanthus var. australis, n. var., with an account of the life cycle in South Australia. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 77: 164-174.
page(s): 164 [details]
original description (of Zeugorchis acanthus Nicoll, 1906) Nicoll, W. (1906). Some new and little-known trematodes. <em>Annals & Magazine of Natural History.</em> 7 s. (102), 17: 513–527.
page(s): 519 [details]
original description (of Cercaria sensifera Stunkard & Shaw, 1931) Stunkard, H. W.; Shaw, C. R. (1931). The effect of dilution of sea water on the activity and longevity of certain marine cercariae, with description of two new species. <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 61 (2): 242–271., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1537015
page(s): 265 [details]
original description (of Cercaria purpurae Lebour, 1911) Lebour, M. V. (1911). A review of the British marine cercariae. <em>Parasitology.</em> 4 (4): 416–456.
page(s): 446 [details]
basis of record Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
new combination reference Nicoll, W. (1907). Observations on the trematode parasites of British birds. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 7. s. (117), v. 20: 245–271.
page(s): 247 [details]
page(s): 551 [details]
original description (of Parorchis acanthus var. australis Angel, 1954) Angel, L. M. (1954). Parorchis acanthus var. australis, n. var., with an account of the life cycle in South Australia. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 77: 164-174.
page(s): 164 [details]
original description (of Zeugorchis acanthus Nicoll, 1906) Nicoll, W. (1906). Some new and little-known trematodes. <em>Annals & Magazine of Natural History.</em> 7 s. (102), 17: 513–527.
page(s): 519 [details]
original description (of Cercaria sensifera Stunkard & Shaw, 1931) Stunkard, H. W.; Shaw, C. R. (1931). The effect of dilution of sea water on the activity and longevity of certain marine cercariae, with description of two new species. <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 61 (2): 242–271., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1537015
page(s): 265 [details]
original description (of Cercaria purpurae Lebour, 1911) Lebour, M. V. (1911). A review of the British marine cercariae. <em>Parasitology.</em> 4 (4): 416–456.
page(s): 446 [details]
basis of record Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
new combination reference Nicoll, W. (1907). Observations on the trematode parasites of British birds. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 7. s. (117), v. 20: 245–271.
page(s): 247 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Sonin, M. D. (1985). <em>Key to identification of trematodes of piscivorous birds of the Palaearctic (Brachylaimida, Clinostomida, Cyclocoelida, Fasciolida, Notocotylida, Plagiorchida, Schistosomatida).</em> Nauka, Moscow, 256 pp. (In Russian).
page(s): 134 [details]
redescription Gaevskaya, A. V. (2014). <em>Parasite, diseases and pests of mussels (Mytilus, Mytilidae). X. Trematoda.</em> EKOSI-Gidrofizika, Sevastopol: 255 pp. (In Ukrainian).
page(s): 160 [details]
redescription Gvozdev, E. V., Zhatkanbaeva, D. M., Belyakova, Y. V. (2006). Flatworms. Part 1. Trematodes Echinostomatates (Echinostomatata). <em>Fauna of Kazakhstan.</em> 26, Gylym, Almaty, 188 pp. (In Russian).
page(s): 141 [details]
redescription Skrjabin, K. I. (1947). Family Philophthalmidae Travassos, 1918. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 1:182–213. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).
page(s): 204 [details]
redescription Yamaguti S. (1975). <em>A synoptical review of life histories of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates with special reference to the morphology of their larval forms.</em> Tokyo, Keigaku Publishing Co. pp. LXI I + 590 + 219 plates.
page(s): 202 [details]
redescription Holliman, R. B. (1961). Larval trematodes from the Apalachee Bay area, Florida, with a checklist of known marine cercariae arranged in a key to their super-families. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology.</em> 9: 1–74.
page(s): 28 [details]
redescription Stunkard, H. W. (1970). The marine cercariae of the Woods Hole Massachusetts Region. <em>Biological Bulletin. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.</em> 138: 66–76.
page(s): 74 [details]
redescription Lebour, M. V. (1914). Some larval trematodes from Millport. <em>Parasitology.</em> 7 (1): 1–11.
page(s): 2 [details]
redescription Nasir, P. (1976). Marine larval trematodes. I. Cercariae criollisimae: five new Venezuelan species and redescription of Parorchis acanthus (Nicoll, 1906) Nicoll, 1907. <em>Rivista di Parassitologia.</em> 37 (2-3): 287–302.
page(s): 297 [details]
page(s): 134 [details]
redescription Gaevskaya, A. V. (2014). <em>Parasite, diseases and pests of mussels (Mytilus, Mytilidae). X. Trematoda.</em> EKOSI-Gidrofizika, Sevastopol: 255 pp. (In Ukrainian).
page(s): 160 [details]
redescription Gvozdev, E. V., Zhatkanbaeva, D. M., Belyakova, Y. V. (2006). Flatworms. Part 1. Trematodes Echinostomatates (Echinostomatata). <em>Fauna of Kazakhstan.</em> 26, Gylym, Almaty, 188 pp. (In Russian).
page(s): 141 [details]
redescription Skrjabin, K. I. (1947). Family Philophthalmidae Travassos, 1918. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 1:182–213. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).
page(s): 204 [details]
redescription Yamaguti S. (1975). <em>A synoptical review of life histories of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates with special reference to the morphology of their larval forms.</em> Tokyo, Keigaku Publishing Co. pp. LXI I + 590 + 219 plates.
page(s): 202 [details]
redescription Holliman, R. B. (1961). Larval trematodes from the Apalachee Bay area, Florida, with a checklist of known marine cercariae arranged in a key to their super-families. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology.</em> 9: 1–74.
page(s): 28 [details]
redescription Stunkard, H. W. (1970). The marine cercariae of the Woods Hole Massachusetts Region. <em>Biological Bulletin. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.</em> 138: 66–76.
page(s): 74 [details]
redescription Lebour, M. V. (1914). Some larval trematodes from Millport. <em>Parasitology.</em> 7 (1): 1–11.
page(s): 2 [details]
redescription Nasir, P. (1976). Marine larval trematodes. I. Cercariae criollisimae: five new Venezuelan species and redescription of Parorchis acanthus (Nicoll, 1906) Nicoll, 1907. <em>Rivista di Parassitologia.</em> 37 (2-3): 287–302.
page(s): 297 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Martin, W. E. (1972). An annotated key to the cercariae that develop in the snail Cerithidea californica. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 71: 39–43.
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Tang, C. T. (1990). Philophthalmid larval trematodes from Hong Kong and the coast of south China. In: Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern china II, vol. 1, pp213-232. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details]
additional source Ching, H. L. (1978). New marine hosts for Parorchis acanthus, Cryptocotyle lingua, Maritrema megametrios, and Maritrema gratiosum, trematodes of birds from British Columbia, Canada. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 56 (8): 1877–1879., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-254
page(s): 1877 [details]
biology source Ching, H. 1991. Lists of larval worms from marine invertebrates of the Pacific Coast of North America. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 58: 57-68.
page(s): 64 [details]
biology source Lebour, M. V., Elmhirst, R. (1922). A contribution towards the life history of Parorchis acanthus Nicoll, a trematode in the herring gull. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 12 (4): 829–832.
page(s): 829 [details]
biology source James, B. (1968). The occurrence of larval Digenea in ten species of intertidal prosobranch molluscs in Cardigan Bay. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 2 (3): 329–343., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936800770351
page(s): 334 [details]
additional source Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details]
additional source Ching, H. L. (1978). New marine hosts for Parorchis acanthus, Cryptocotyle lingua, Maritrema megametrios, and Maritrema gratiosum, trematodes of birds from British Columbia, Canada. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 56 (8): 1877–1879., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-254
page(s): 1877 [details]
biology source Ching, H. 1991. Lists of larval worms from marine invertebrates of the Pacific Coast of North America. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 58: 57-68.
page(s): 64 [details]
biology source Lebour, M. V., Elmhirst, R. (1922). A contribution towards the life history of Parorchis acanthus Nicoll, a trematode in the herring gull. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 12 (4): 829–832.
page(s): 829 [details]
biology source James, B. (1968). The occurrence of larval Digenea in ten species of intertidal prosobranch molluscs in Cardigan Bay. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 2 (3): 329–343., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936800770351
page(s): 334 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet parasitic on host [details]Distribution geographic range not obtained; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy [details]
Habitat parasitic [details]
Reproduction hermaphroditic [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Parorchis avitus Linton, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Parorchis acanthus var. australis Angel, 1954)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parorchis acanthus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Parorchis avitus Linton, 1914)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (14 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (3 records) (from synonym Parorchis avitus Linton, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Parorchis acanthus var. australis Angel, 1954)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parorchis acanthus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Parorchis avitus Linton, 1914)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (14 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (3 records) (from synonym Parorchis avitus Linton, 1914)
