Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Palaeacanthocephala > Order Polymorphida > Family Polymorphidae > Genus Bolbosoma

Bolbosoma vasculosum (Rudolphi, 1819) Porta, 1908

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bolbosoma*	Porta, 1908	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Echinorhynchus vasculosus*	Rudolphi, 1819	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D.I. (2001). Acanthocephala, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 176-177
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Golvan, Y.J. (1994). Nomenclature of the Acanthocephala. Research and Reviews in Parasitology. 54(3): 135-205.
additional source	Amin, O.M. 1998. Marine flora and fauna of the eastern United States: Acanthocephala. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 135. U.S. Department of Commerce. 27 p.
additional source	Naidu, K. V. (2012). Fauna of India and the adjacent countries - Acanthocephala. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. 638 pp.
additional source	Salgado-Maldonado, G. and O. M. Amin. 2009. Acanthocephala of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 539–552 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
redescription	Lisitsyna, O.; Barčák, D.; Orosová, M.; Fan, C.-K.; Oros, M. (2023). Acanthocephalans of marine and freshwater fishes from Taiwan with description of a new species. Folia Parasitologica. 70.
new combination reference	Porta, A. (1908). Nota sugli acantocefali di mammiferi del Museo Zoologico di Napoli. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Universita di Napoli. 2 (22): 1-6.

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Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Bolbosoma vasculosum (Rudolphi, 1819) Porta, 1908. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100607