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Branchellion Savigny, 1822 
AphiaID: 116927

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Clitellata (Class) > Hirudinea (Subclass) > Euhirudinea (Infraclass) > Rhynchobdellida (Order) > Piscicolidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Piscicolidae
Sources  basis of record: 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: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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taxa

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 Species Branchellion angeli Sigalas, 1921
Species Branchellion australis Leigh-Sharpe, 1916
Species Branchellion borealis Leigh-Sharpe, 1933
Species Branchellion lobata Moore, 1952
Species Branchellion parkeri Richardson, 1949
Species Branchellion plicobranchus Sanjeeva Raj, 1954
Species Branchellion ravenelii (Girard, 1851)
Species Branchellion torpedinis Savigny, 1822

Species Branchellion orbiniensis Quatrefages, 1852 (nomen dubium)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116927
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Branchellion Savigny, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116927 on 2013-05-18
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