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Platybdella Malm, 1863 
AphiaID: 116942

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]

additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Platybdella anarrhichae (Diesing, 1859)
Species Platybdella chilensis Moore, 1910
Species Platybdella fabricii Malm, 1863
Species Platybdella olriki Malm, 1853
Species Platybdella patagonica Ringuelet, 1945
Species Platybdella pinnara (De Silva & Jones, 1961)

Species Platybdella buccalis Nigrelli, 1946 accepted as Oceanobdella sexoculata (Malm, 1863)
Species Platybdella michaelseni Johansson, 1911 accepted as Cryobdella michaelseni (Johansson, 1911)
Species Platybdella quadrioculata Malm, 1863 accepted as Oceanobdella quadrioculata (Malm, 1863)
Species Platybdella scorpii Malm, 1863 accepted as Heptacyclus scorpii (Malm, 1863)
Environment marine
Distribution Northern North Atlantic [details]
Feedingtype  parasitic: ectoparasitic [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116942
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Platybdella Malm, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116942 on 2013-05-24
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