Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931

Santos, Cláudia P., Gibson, David I., Tavares, Luiz E. R. & Luque, José L., 2008, Checklist of Acanthocephala associated with the fishes of Brazil, Zootaxa 1938, pp. 1-22 : 6-7

Family Polymorphidae Meyer, 1931

Bolbosoma sp.—larva

Host and habitat: Scomber japonicus (MAR), Merluccius hubbsi (new host record) (MAR)

Locality: Off Rio de Janeiro

Reference: Rêgo and Santos (1983)

Corynosoma australe Johnston, 1937 —larva

Hosts and habitat: Centropomus undecimalis (MAR), Cephalopholis fulva (MAR), Cynoscion guatucupa (MAR), Diapterus rhombeus (MAR), Galeorhinus galeus (MAR), Genypterus brasiliensis (MAR), Hexanchus griseus (MAR), Menticirrhus americanus (MAR), Micropogonias furnieri (MAR), Mullus argentinae (MAR), Paralichthys isosceles (MAR), Pomatomus saltatrix (MAR), Prionotus punctatus (MAR), Scomber japonicus (MAR), Squalus megalops (MAR), Squatina sp. (MAR)

Localities: Off Rio de Janeiro, off Rio Grande do Sul, off Paraná

References: Pereira and Neves (1993), Luque and Chaves (1999), Alves and Luque (1999, 2000, 2001a, b), Knoff et al. (2001), Abdallah et al. (2002), Luque et al. (2002), Alves et al. (2002a, b, 2003), Sabas and Luque (2003), Tavares and Luque (2004b), Luque and Poulin (2004), Timi et al. (2005), Bicudo et al. (2005), Oliva et al. (2008)

Corynosoma sp.—larva

Hosts and habitat: Euthynnus alletteratus (MAR), Galeorhinus galeus (MAR), Hexanchus griseus (MAR), Merluccius hubbsi (MAR—new record), Micropogonias furnieri (MAR), Pagrus pagrus (MAR), Pomatomus saltatrix (MAR), Sarda sarda (MAR), Scomber japonicus (MAR), Squalus megalops (MAR), Squatina sp. (MAR), Umbrina canosai (MAR)

Localities: Off Rio de Janeiro, off Rio Grande do Sul, off Paraná, off Santa Catarina

References: Rêgo et al. (1983), Cezar and Amato (1998), Luque and Chaves (1999), Alves and Luque (2000, 2001a, b, 2006), Knoff et al. (2001), Paraguassú et al. (2002), Luque and Poulin (2004), Oliva et al. (2008)

Hexaglandula mutabilis ( Rudolphi, 1819) (syn. Polymorphus mutabilis )—larva

Hosts and habitat: Atherina sp. (BW/MAR), Eucinostomus harengulus (BW/MAR), Sphoeroides testudineus (BW/MAR), Strongylura marinus (BW/MAR)

Locality: Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro

References: Travassos (1926)

Polymorphus sp.—larva

Hosts and habitats: Anchoa tricolor (MAR), Astronotus ocellatus (FW), Genidens barbus (MAR), Genypterus brasiliensis (MAR), Geophagus brasiliensis (FW), Oligosarcus hepsetus (FW), Pagrus pagrus (MAR), Priacanthus arenatus (MAR), Trichiurus lepturus (MAR), Urophycis mystacea (MAR)

Localities: Off Rio de Janeiro, Rio Guandú – Rio de Janeiro

References: Silva et al. (2000a, b), Tavares et al. (2001), Alves et al. (2002a, b, c), Paraguassú et al. (2002), Luque and Poulin (2004), Abdallah et al. (2004), Tavares and Luque (2004a), Tavares et al. (2004a, 2005), Azevedo et al. (2006, 2007)

Polymorphidae gen. sp.—larva

Host and habitat: Lophius gastrophysus (new record) (MAR)

Locality: Off Rio de Janeiro