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Ozobranchus margoi (Apáthy, 1890) 
AphiaID: 116947

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Clitellata (Class) > Hirudinea (Subclass) > Euhirudinea (Infraclass) > Rhynchobdellida (Order) > Ozobranchidae (Family) > Ozobranchus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ozobranchus Quatrefages, 1852
Synonymised
taxa
  Pseudobranchellion margoi Apáthy, 1890 (Synonym)
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: Burreson, E. M. 2009. Marine Leeches (Hirudinida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 789–792 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

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

Environment marine
Distribution Cosmopolitan (World Oceans) [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Feedingtype  parasitic: ectoparasitic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Atlantic: Virginia to Florida, Uruguay [details]

Habitat: parasite on sea turtles, longbeaked dolphin [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116947
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Ozobranchus margoi (Apáthy, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116947 on 2013-06-20
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