• PLAGIORHYNCHIDAE Golvan, Y. J. 1960. Le phylum des Acanthocephala. Troisième note. La classe des Palaeacanthocephala (Meyer, 1931) (suite). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 35(4): 575-593 [575].

History of changes

• SPHAERECHINORHYNCHINAE Golvan, Y. J. 1960. Le phylum des Acanthocephala. Troisième note. La classe des Palaeacanthocephala (Meyer, 1931) (suite). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 35(4): 575-593 [575].

  Type genus:

   Sphaerechinorhynchus Johnston & Deland, 1929.

History of changes

• Sphaerechinorhynchus Johnston, T.H. & Deland, E.W. 1929. Australian Acanthocephala No. 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 53: 155-166 [163].

  Type species:

   Echinorhynchus rotundocapitatus Johnston, 1912 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

History of changes

• Echinorhynchus rotundocapitatus Johnston, T.H. 1912. Notes on some entozoa. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 63-91 [Printed 1913] [83].

  Type host:

   Pseudechis porphyriacus Shaw, 1794 [ELAPIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Sphaerechinorhynchus rotundocapitatus (Johnston, 1912). —
  Johnston, T.H. & Deland, E.W. 1929. Australian Acanthocephala No. 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 53: 155-166 [155]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Distribution References

History of changes

• PLAGIORHYNCHINAE Meyer, A. 1931. Gordiorhynchus, ein neues Acanthocephalen-Genus mit innerer ovarialer Pseudosegmentierung. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 60: 457-470 [465].

History of changes

• Prosthorhynchus Kostylev, N.N. 1915. Contribution to the acanthocephalan fauna of Russia. Transactions of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR 20: 389-394 [389].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Schmidt, G.D. & Kuntz, R.E. 1966. New and little-known plagiorhynchid Acanthocephala from Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands. Journal of Parasitology 52(3): 520-527 [520]

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Schmidt, G.D. & Kuntz, R.E. 1966. New and little-known plagiorhynchid Acanthocephala from Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands. Journal of Parasitology 52(3): 520-527 [521]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

History of changes

• Plagiorhynchus Lühe, M. 1911. Acanthocephalen. Register der Acanthocephalen und parasitschen Plattwürmer, geordnet nach ihren Wirten. In, Brauer, A. (Ed.). Die Süsswasserfauna Deutschlands. Heft. XVI. Jena : Verlag von Gustav Fischer 116 pp. [25].

  Type species:

   Plagiorhynchus crassicolle (Villot), 1875 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

History of changes

• Prosthorhynchus charadrii Yamaguti, S. 1939. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 29. Acanthocephala, II. Japanese Journal of Zoology 8(3): 317-351 [334].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Siloku, Japan.

  Type host:

   Charadrius dubius curonicus Gmelin, 1789 [CHARADRIIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Plagiorhynchus (Plagiorhynchus) charadrii (Yamaguti, 1939). —
  Schmidt, G.D. & Kuntz, R.E. 1966. New and little-known plagiorhynchid Acanthocephala from Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands. Journal of Parasitology 52(3): 520-527 [521]
• Plagiorhynchus charadrii (Yamaguti, 1939). —
  Van Cleave, H.J. & Williams, R.B. 1951. Acanthocephala from Passerine Birds in Alaska. Journal of Parasitology 37(2): 151-159 [156]

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Distribution References

History of changes

• Echinorhynchus menurae Johnston, T.H. 1912. Internal parasites recorded from Australian birds. The Emu 12(2): 105-112 [109].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, QM (♀).

  Type host:

   Menura novaehollandiae Latham, 1801 [MENURIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Prosthorhynchus menurae (Johnston, 1912). —
  Meyer, A. 1932. Acanthocephala. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs 4(2, Book 2, Section1): 1-331 [Date published 1932: dated 1931] [130]
  Johnston, T.H. & Best E.W. 1943. Australian Acanthocephala No. 4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 67(2): 226-230 [226]
• Plagiorhynchus (Plagiorhynchus) menurae (Johnston, 1912). —
  Schmidt, G.D. & Kuntz, R.E. 1966. New and little-known plagiorhynchid Acanthocephala from Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands. Journal of Parasitology 52(3): 520-527 [521]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

History of changes

• Prosthorhynchus Kostylev, N.N. 1915. Contribution to the acanthocephalan fauna of Russia. Transactions of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR 20: 389-394 [389].

  Type species:

   Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus (Goeze), 1782 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

History of changes

• Echinorhynchus cylindraceus Goeze, J.A.E. 1782. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Eingeweidewürmer thierischer Körper. Blankenburg : Leipzig 471 pp.
• Echinorhynchus pici Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3045].
• Prosthorhynchus transversus Rudolphi, C.A. 1819. Synopsis entozoorum cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Berolini : Augustus Rücker 811 pp.
• Echinorhynchus muscicapa Rudolphi, C.A. 1819. Synopsis entozoorum cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Berolini : Augustus Rücker 811 pp.
• Echinorhynchus dimorphocephalus Westrumb, A.H.L. 1821. De Helminthibus acanthocephalis. Hanoverae : Helving 85pp. [17].
• Echinorhynchus obliquus Dujardin, F. 1845. Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. Paris : Libre Encycopedidique de Roret (Suites a Buffon) 654 pp. [515].
• Echinorhynchus parvus Fuhrmann, 1900.
• Echinorhynchus pigmentatus Marval, L. de 1902. Étude sur quelques Echinorhynques d'oiseaux. Archives de Parasitologie 5(3): 412-439 [419].
• Echinorhynchus rostratus Marval, L. de 1902. Étude sur quelques Echinorhynques d'oiseaux. Archives de Parasitologie 5(3): 412-439 [420].
• Prosthorhynchus rosai Porta, A. 1910. Acantocefali nuovi o poco noti. Zoologischer Anzeiger 35(22): 699-703 [700].
• Echinorhynchus brumpti Blanc, G.R. & Cauchemez, L. 1911. Sur un Echinorhynque nouveau (Echinorhynchus brumpti nov. sp.) parasite du Hérisson. Comptes Rendus de la Société Biologie 71: 120-121 [120].
• Prosthorhynchus formosus Van Cleave, H.J. 1918. The Acanthocephala of North American birds. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 37: 19-47 [24].
• Prosthorhynchus genitopapillatus Lundstrom, A. 1942. Die Acanthocephalen Schwedens mit Ausnahme der Fischacanthocephalen von Süsswasserstandorten,. Sweden : Lund 238pp.
• Prosthorhynchus upupae Lopez-Neyra, C.R. 1946. Compendio de Helmintología Ibérica. Parte II. Clase Acanthocephala Rudolphi, 1808. Revista Ibérica de Parasitología 6(1): 3-50.
• Plagiorhynchus (Prosthorhynchus) taiwanensis Schmidt, G.D. & Kuntz, R.E. 1966. New and little-known plagiorhynchid Acanthocephala from Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands. Journal of Parasitology 52(3): 520-527 [522].
• Prosthorhynchus gallinagi Schachtachtinskai, E.M. 1953. Parasitic worms domestic and game-aquatic birds of Azerbaidzhan. Trudy Gel'mintologicheskoi Laboratorii Akademiya Nauk 8: 285-296 [286].
• Prosthorhynchus gracilis Petrochenko, V.I. 1956. Acanthocephala of Domestic and Wild Animals. Moscow : Akademiya Nauk SSSR Vol. 2 478pp. [181].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marval, L. de 1902. Étude sur quelques Echinorhynques d'oiseaux. Archives de Parasitologie 5(3): 412-439 [416]
• Schmidt, G.D. 1981. Plagiorhynchus formosus Van Cleave, 1918, a synonym of Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus (Goeze, 1782) Schmidt and Kuntz, 1966. Journal of Parasitology 67(4): 597-598 [597]
• Florescu, B. I. & Ienistea, M.A. 1984. Aperçu sur les Acanthocéphales de Roumanie (Acanthocephala). Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" 25: 7-45 [20]
• Lisitsyna, O.I. 2010. Morphological variability of Plagiorhynchus (Prosthorhynchus) cylindraceus (Acanthocephala, Plagiorhynchidae) and its importance in assessment of taxonomy structure of the subgenus. Vestnik Zoologii 44(6): 533-542 [538]

Generic Combinations

• Centrorhynchus cylindraceus (Goeze, 1782). —
  Schrank, F.P. 1788. Verzeichnisse der bisher hinlänglich bekannten Eingeweidewürmer, nebst einer Abhandlung über ihre Anverwandtschaften München, Stockholm. Svenska Vetenskaps Academien nya Handlingar 1788: 1-116
• Plagiorhynchus (Prosthorhynchus) cylindraceus (Goeze, 1782). —
  Schmidt, G.D. & Kuntz, R.E. 1966. New and little-known plagiorhynchid Acanthocephala from Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands. Journal of Parasitology 52(3): 520-527 [521]
• Prosthorhynchus cylindraceus (Goeze, 1782). —
  Golvan, Y.J. 1956. Acanthocephales d'oiseaux. Troisieme note. Revision des espèces europeennes de la sous-famille des Plagiorhynchinae A. Meyer1931 (Polymorphidae). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 31: 350-384 [356]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Distribution References

History of changes

• PORRORCHINAE Golvan, Y.J. 1956. Acanthocephales d'oiseaux. Troisieme note. Revision des espèces europeennes de la sous-famille des Plagiorhynchinae A. Meyer1931 (Polymorphidae). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 31: 350-384 [350].

History of changes

• Porrorchis Fukui, T. 1929. On some Acanthocephala found in Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 12(1): 255-270 [262].

  Type species:

   Porrorchis elongatus Fukui, 1929 (types destroyed during war) by original designation.
• Pseudoporrorchis Joyeux, C. E. & Baer, J.G. 1935. Étude de quelques Acanthocéphales d'Indochine. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 27(2): 1-15.

  Type species:

   Pseudoporrchis houdemeri Joyeux & Baer, 1935 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Schmidt, G.D. & Kuntz, R.E. 1967. Revision of the Porrorchinae (Acanthocephala: Plagiorhynchidae) with descriptions of two new genera and three new species. Journal of Parasitology 53(1): 130-141 [131]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

History of changes

• Pseudoporrorchis hydromuris Edmonds, S.J. 1957. Australian Acanthocephala No. 10. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 80: 76-80 [77].

  Type host:

   Hydromys chrysogaster Geoffroy, 1804 [MURIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Porrorchis hydromuris (Edmonds, 1957). —
  Schmidt, G.D. & Kuntz, R.E. 1967. Revision of the Porrorchinae (Acanthocephala: Plagiorhynchidae) with descriptions of two new genera and three new species. Journal of Parasitology 53(1): 130-141 [131]

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Echinorhynchus hylae Johnston, T.H. 1914. Some new Queensland endoparasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 26: 76-84 [83].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC42540 (larval stage), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC42539 (Larval stage), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

  Type host:

   Litoria caerulea (White, 1790) [Hylidae]
• Echinorhynchus bulbocaudatus Southwell, T. & Macfie, J.W.S. 1925. On a collection of Acanthocephala. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 19(2): 141-184 [178].

  Type host:

   Centropus phasianus Temminck, 1815 [CENTROPIDAE]
• Echinorhynchus centropusi Tabangui, M.A. 1933. Notes on Acanthocephala in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 50: 115-128.

  Type host:

   Centropus viridis (Scopoli, 1786) [CENTROPIDAE]

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Edmonds, S.J. 1957. Australian Acanthocephala No. 10. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 80: 76-80 [76]

Generic Combinations

• Pseudoporrorchis hylae (Johnston, 1914). —
  Edmonds, S.J. 1957. Australian Acanthocephala No. 10. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 80: 76-80 [76]
• Porrorchis hylae (Johnston, 1914). —
  Schmidt, G.D. & Kuntz, R.E. 1967. Revision of the Porrorchinae (Acanthocephala: Plagiorhynchidae) with descriptions of two new genera and three new species. Journal of Parasitology 53(1): 130-141 [133]
• Gordiorhynchus hylae (Johnston, 1914). —
  Johnston, T.H. & Edmonds, S.J. 1948. Australian Acanthocephala No.7. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 72(1): 69-76 [74]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

History of changes