WoRMS taxon details
Oceanobdella microstoma (Johansson, 1896)
AphiaID: 116976
AphiaID: 116976
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Clitellata (Class) > Hirudinea (Subclass) > Euhirudinea (Infraclass) > Rhynchobdellida (Order) > Piscicolidae (Family) > Oceanobdella (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Abranchus microstoma Johansson, 1896 (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: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Arctic Ocean [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] North Atlantic [details] North East Atlantic [details] North West Atlantic [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||
| Feedingtype | parasitic: ectoparasitic on Myoxocephalus Tilesius (ex Steller), 1811 [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Acadian, north side of Cape Cod to Newfoundland [details] Habitat: ectoparasite on Myoxocephalus and Lycodes [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116976 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Oceanobdella microstoma (Johansson, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116976 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||
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