WoRMS taxon details
Branchellion spindolaorum Ruiz-Escobar & Oceguera-Figueroa, 2019
1363204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1363204)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ruiz-Escobar, Fernando; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro. (2019). A new species of Branchellion Savigny, 1822 (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae), a marine leech parasitic on the giant electric ray Narcine entemedor Jordan & Starks (Batoidea: Narcinidae) off Oaxaca, Mexico. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> efirst: 1-10., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11230-019-09872-w [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype IBUNAM CNHE 11071, Coleccion Nacional de...
, Note Parasitic on Narcine entemedor, off Zapotengo...
Holotype IBUNAM CNHE 11071, Coleccion Nacional de Helmintos (CNHE), geounit Mexico Southwest [details]
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Type locality Parasitic on Narcine entemedor, off Zapotengo 15.6914, -96.4064 (15 41' 29" N, 96 24' 23" W), Oaxaca, Mexico. [details]
Etymology Branchellion spindolaorum is named after the Spindola fishermen family from Puerto Angel, Oaxaca Mexico (Fidencio Spindola...
Etymology Branchellion spindolaorum is named after the Spindola fishermen family from Puerto Angel, Oaxaca Mexico (Fidencio Spindola Avila, his sons Jesus and Fidencio Spindola-Ramırez, and his grandson Yoshiha Spindola-Sanchez) [details]
WoRMS (2025). Branchellion spindolaorum Ruiz-Escobar & Oceguera-Figueroa, 2019. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363204 on 2025-05-10
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Ruiz-Escobar, Fernando; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro. (2019). A new species of Branchellion Savigny, 1822 (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae), a marine leech parasitic on the giant electric ray Narcine entemedor Jordan & Starks (Batoidea: Narcinidae) off Oaxaca, Mexico. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> efirst: 1-10., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11230-019-09872-w [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype IBUNAM CNHE 11071, Coleccion Nacional de Helmintos (CNHE), geounit Mexico Southwest [details]
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Etymology Branchellion spindolaorum is named after the Spindola fishermen family from Puerto Angel, Oaxaca Mexico (Fidencio Spindola Avila, his sons Jesus and Fidencio Spindola-Ramırez, and his grandson Yoshiha Spindola-Sanchez) [details]Type locality Parasitic on Narcine entemedor, off Zapotengo 15.6914, -96.4064 (15 41' 29" N, 96 24' 23" W), Oaxaca, Mexico. [details]
