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Ozobranchus Quatrefages, 1852 
AphiaID: 116924

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Clitellata (Class) > Hirudinea (Subclass) > Euhirudinea (Infraclass) > Rhynchobdellida (Order) > Ozobranchidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Ozobranchidae Pinto, 1921
Sources  basis of record: Sawyer, R.T. 1986. Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 375 p. [details]

additional source: van der Land, J. (2001). Hirudinea, 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. 234-235 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Ozobranchus branchiatus (Menzies, 1791)
Species Ozobranchus jantseanus Oka, 1912
Species Ozobranchus margoi (Apáthy, 1890)
Species Ozobranchus polybranchus Sanjeeva Raj, 1951
Environment marine, fresh
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116924
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-04-09 01:06:46Z  changed  Kolb, Jürgen
  
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  Citation: Kolb, J. (2013). Ozobranchus Quatrefages, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116924 on 2013-05-24
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