WoRMS name details
Abranchus blenni Knight-Jones, 1940
370702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370702)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination for generic homonymy)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Knight Jones, E. W. (1940). The occurrence of a marine leech, <i>Abranchus blennii</i> n.sp., resembling <i>A. sexoculatus</i> (Malm), in North Wales. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 24(2): 533-541., available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/CAC2C9D22FC3A970A5C54EE4433CD89A
page(s): 533; note: Rhosneigyr, Anglesey, Wales, on Blennius pholis [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 533; note: Rhosneigyr, Anglesey, Wales, on Blennius pholis [details] Available for editors [request]
Note Rhosneigyr, Anglesey, Wales, on Blennius pholis
From editor or global species database
Type locality Rhosneigyr, Anglesey, Wales, on Blennius pholis [details]
Etymology Not stated but Abranchus blennii is named for its host fish, Blennius pholis
Etymology Not stated but Abranchus blennii is named for its host fish, Blennius pholis [details]
WoRMS (2024). Abranchus blenni Knight-Jones, 1940. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370702 on 2024-09-23
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Knight Jones, E. W. (1940). The occurrence of a marine leech, <i>Abranchus blennii</i> n.sp., resembling <i>A. sexoculatus</i> (Malm), in North Wales. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 24(2): 533-541., available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/CAC2C9D22FC3A970A5C54EE4433CD89A
page(s): 533; note: Rhosneigyr, Anglesey, Wales, on Blennius pholis [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
status source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 533; note: Rhosneigyr, Anglesey, Wales, on Blennius pholis [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
status source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]