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Ichthyobdella Blainville, 1827

370715  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370715)

uncertain > taxon inquirendum (probably a synonym, but awaiting more information)
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  1. Species Ichthyobdella anarrhichae (Diesing, 1859) accepted as Platybdella anarrhichae (Diesing, 1859) (Synonym)
  2. Species Ichthyobdella funduli Verrill, 1872 accepted as Myzobdella lugubris Leidy, 1851 (subjective synonym)
  3. Species Ichthyobdella pantopodum Selensky, 1914 accepted as Johanssonia pantopodum (Selensky, 1914) (superseded original combination)
  4. Species Ichthyobdella platycephali Ingram, 1957 accepted as Pterobdella platycephali (Ingram, 1957) (superseded original combination)
  5. Species Ichthyobdella uobir Oka, 1910 accepted as Beringobdella rectangulata (Levinsen, 1881) (subjective synonym)
  6. Species Ichthyobdella virgata Oka, 1910 accepted as Heptacyclus virgatus (Oka, 1910) (superseded original combination)
  7. Species Ichthyobdella pagri Oka, 1910 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri Marie Ducrotay]. (1827). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in SAG-SAY, volume 47]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite methodiquement des differens etres de la nature, consideres soit en eux-memes. d'apres l'etat actuel de nos connais sciences, soit relativement a l'utilite qu'en peuvent retirer la medicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus celebres naturalistes.</em> vol. 47 [Tome XLVII. SAG-SAY] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25311612
page(s): 244; note: as cited in Nomenclator Zoologicus, but Blainville 1827: 244 is a mention only, without a species.  [details]   
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Ichthyobdella Blainville, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370715 on 2024-04-19
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original description Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri Marie Ducrotay]. (1827). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in SAG-SAY, volume 47]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite methodiquement des differens etres de la nature, consideres soit en eux-memes. d'apres l'etat actuel de nos connais sciences, soit relativement a l'utilite qu'en peuvent retirer la medicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus celebres naturalistes.</em> vol. 47 [Tome XLVII. SAG-SAY] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25311612
page(s): 244; note: as cited in Nomenclator Zoologicus, but Blainville 1827: 244 is a mention only, without a species.  [details]   

taxonomy source Blainville H.M.D. de. (1827). Essai d'une monographie de la famille des hirudinées. <em>[book].</em> [a work derived from articles in Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, editor F. G- Levrault, perhaps from 'Sangsues' in vol 47, also published in 1827].
note: not seen, context unknown [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   

additional source Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p. [details]   
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Ichthyobdella in WoRMS formerly had "Oka, 1910, 1931" as author. This was clearly nonsensical as the name is much older than 1910, but Oka did create Ichthyobdella species. In the ITIS database the author is de Blainville, 1827, but it is placed as a synonym of Myzobdella Leidy, 1851. This is not possible unless Ichthyobdella is a junior homonym. However, it has no homonyms. Nomenclator zoologicus gives the authorship as Blainville in "Dict. Sci. Nat., 47, 244" and this citation refers to the 'Sangsues' entry in the 'SAG-SAY' 47th volume of the Dictionary, where Ichthyobdella is mentioned on page 205, without a species name associated. [details]