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Pontobdella Leach, 1815 
AphiaID: 116943

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Clitellata (Class) > Hirudinea (Subclass) > Euhirudinea (Infraclass) > Rhynchobdellida (Order) > Piscicolidae (Family) > Pontobdellinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Parent Pontobdellinae Llewellyn, 1966
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]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Pontobdella aculeata Harding, 1924
Species Pontobdella afra Baird, 1869
Species Pontobdella benhami Richardson, 1950
Species Pontobdella biannulata Moore, 1957
Species Pontobdella dispar Cordero, 1938
Species Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pontobdella novaezealandiae Burreson & Williams, 2008
Species Pontobdella rayneri Baird, 1869
Species Pontobdella variegata Baird, 1869
Species Pontobdella vosmaeri (Apáthy, 1888)

Species Pontobdella australiensis Goddard, 1909 accepted as Stibarobdella australiensis (Goddard, 1909)
Species Pontobdella japonica Vasiliev, 1939 accepted as Orientobdella japonica (Vasiliev, 1939)
Species Pontobdella loricata Harding, 1924 accepted as Stibarobdella loricata (Harding, 1924) accepted as Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Pontobdella lubrica Grube, 1840 accepted as Trachelobdella lubrica (Grube, 1840)
Species Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Pontobdella moorei Oka, 1910 accepted as Stibarobdella moorei (Oka, 1910) accepted as Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Pontobdella planodiscus Baird, 1869 accepted as Stibarobdella planodiscus (Baird, 1869)
Species Pontobdella rapax Verrill, 1873 accepted as Austrobdella rapax (Verrill, 1873)
Species Pontobdella rugosa Moore, 1938 accepted as Mooreobdellina rugosa Moore, 1938
Species Pontobdella taprobanensis de Silva, 1963 accepted as Stibarobdella taprobanensis (de Silva, 1963)
Species Pontobdella tasmanica Hickamn, 1942 accepted as Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942) accepted as Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861)
Environment marine
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Images 
Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
[image from typetaxon]
Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
added on 2006-08-09 - author: IMARES ()
qualitystatus: checked by Kolb, Jürgen on 2013-04-08 07:32:47

Van Beneden & Hesse (1864, pl. 01)
[image from typetaxon]
Van Beneden & Hesse (1864, pl. 01)
added on 2011-07-04 - author: P.J. Van Beneden & C.E. Hesse
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116943
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2013-04-09 01:06:46Z  changed  Kolb, Jürgen
  
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  Citation: Kolb, J. (2013). Pontobdella Leach, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116943 on 2013-05-19
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