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Profilicollis
Profilicollis altmani
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Polymorphida
Family: Polymorphidae
Genus: Profilicollis
Meyer, 1931

Profilicollis is a genus of acanthocephalan parasites of crustaceans. The status of the genus Profilicollis has been debated, and species placed in this genus were formerly included in the genus Polymorphus. However, research on the morphology of the group and their use of hosts has concluded that Profilicollis and Polymorphus should be regarded as distinct genera, and species previously described as Polymorphus altmani are now referred to as Profilicollis altmani in taxonomic and biological literature.[1] Profilicollis parasites infect decapod crustaceans, usually shore crabs, as intermediate hosts, and use many species of shorebirds as definitive (final) hosts.[2]

  1. ^ Brent B. Nickol, D. W. T. Crompton and D. W. Searle (1999). "Reintroduction of Profilicollis Meyer, 1931, as a genus in Acanthocephala: Significance of the intermediate host". Journal of Parasitology. 85 (4): 716–718. doi:10.2307/3285748. JSTOR 3285748. PMID 10461954.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Amin2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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