WoRMS taxon details
Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava, 1966
154891 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154891)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Srivastava, L. P. (1966). Three new leeches (Piscicolidae) from marine shore fishes (Cottidae) in British waters. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 150(3): 297-318., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1966.tb03010.x [details] Available for editors 
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Status Sawyer (1986:618) suggests Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava is not adequately distinguished from the two widely...
Status Sawyer (1986:618) suggests Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava is not adequately distinguished from the two widely distributed leeches on N Atlantic Cottidae, namely Malmiana brunnea and M. scorpii [details]
WoRMS (2024). Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava, 1966. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154891 on 2024-06-14
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original description
Srivastava, L. P. (1966). Three new leeches (Piscicolidae) from marine shore fishes (Cottidae) in British waters. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 150(3): 297-318., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1966.tb03010.x [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request] basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Sawyer (1986:618) suggests Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava is not adequately distinguished from the two widely distributed leeches on N Atlantic Cottidae, namely Malmiana brunnea and M. scorpii [details]
