WoRMS taxon details
Branchiobdellidae Grube, 1850
1060956 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1060956)
accepted
Family
Discodrilidae Vejdovsky, 1884 · unaccepted (superfluous replacement name, no...)
superfluous replacement name, no corresponding genus
- Genus Ankyrodrilus Holt, 1965
- Genus Bdellodrilus Moore, 1895
- Genus Branchiobdella Odier, 1823
- Genus Cambarincola Ellis, 1912
- Genus Caridinophila Liang, 1963
- Genus Ceratodrilus Hall, 1914
- Genus Cirrodrilus Pierantoni, 1905
- Genus Cronodrilus Holt, 1968
- Genus Ellisodrilus Holt, 1960
- Genus Forbesodrilus Gelder, 2011
- Genus Hidejiodrilus Gelder & Brinkhurst, 1990
- Genus Holtodrilus Gelder & Brinkhurst, 1990
- Genus Magmatodrilus Holt, 1967
- Genus Oedipodrilus Holt, 1967
- Genus Pterodrilus Moore, 1895
- Genus Sathodrilus Holt, 1968
- Genus Sinodrilus Gelder & Brinkhurst, 1990
- Genus Tettodrilus Holt, 1968
- Genus Triannulata Goodnight, 1940
- Genus Uglukodrilus Holt, 1989
- Genus Xironodrilus Ellis, 1918
- Genus Xironogiton Ellis, 1919
- Genus Adenodrilus Holt, 1977 accepted as Uglukodrilus Holt, 1989 (unaccepted > junior homonym, pre-occupied for Haplotaxidae genus Adenodrilus Chekanovskaya, 1959)
- Genus Carcinodrilus Yamaguchi, 1932 accepted as Cirrodrilus Pierantoni, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Stephanodrilus Pierantoni, 1906 accepted as Cirrodrilus Pierantoni, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
recent only
Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 362; note: as Family Branchiobdellea [details]
page(s): 362; note: as Family Branchiobdellea [details]
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Nomenclature
original description
Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 362; note: as Family Branchiobdellea [details]
original description (of Discodrilidae Vejdovsky, 1884) Vejdovsky, Franz. (1884). System und Morphologie der Oligochaeten. <em>[book].</em> 1-172 (166 paginated + index, + plates 1-16, publisher: Franz Řivnáč, Prague., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/System_und_Morphologie_der_Oligochaeten.html?id=L0nKnQEACAAJ
page(s): 38; note: For Branchiobdella. Although Discodrilidae is clearly unneeded and untenable (no stem genus), others adopted it. [details]
page(s): 362; note: as Family Branchiobdellea [details]
original description (of Discodrilidae Vejdovsky, 1884) Vejdovsky, Franz. (1884). System und Morphologie der Oligochaeten. <em>[book].</em> 1-172 (166 paginated + index, + plates 1-16, publisher: Franz Řivnáč, Prague., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/System_und_Morphologie_der_Oligochaeten.html?id=L0nKnQEACAAJ
page(s): 38; note: For Branchiobdella. Although Discodrilidae is clearly unneeded and untenable (no stem genus), others adopted it. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Gelder, Stuart R. (1996). A review of the taxonomic nomenclature and a checklist of the species of the Branchiobdellae (Annelida: Clitellata). 109(4): 653-663. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 109(4): 653-663., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645264 [details] Available for editors 
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taxonomy source Pierantoni, Umberto. (1912). Monografia dei Discodrilidae. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Universita di Napoli.</em> (new series) 3(24):1-27, plate 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59409736
note: Discodrilidae is unnecessary name of Vejdovsky for Branchiobdellidae [details]
taxonomy source Gelder, S. R.; Siddall, M. E. (2001). Phylogenetic assessment of the Branchiobdellidae (Annelida, Clitellata) using 18S rDNA, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and morphological characters. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 30(3): 215-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6409.2001.00063.x [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Holt, P.C. (1965). The Systematic Position or the Branchiobdellidae (Annelida: Clitellata). <em>Systematic Zoology.</em> 14: 25-32. [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Holt, P.C. (1986). Newly established families of the order Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata) with a synopsisof the genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(4): 676-702., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34596151 [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Ohtaka, Akifumi; Gelder, Stuart R.; Peterson, Susan M. (2020). A catalog and assessment of Prof. Hideji Yamaguchi's slide collection of branchiobdellidans (Annelida: Clitellata) with the identification of syntypes. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 17(1): 159-187., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zoosymposia/article/view/zoosymposia.17.1.14 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]taxonomy source Pierantoni, Umberto. (1912). Monografia dei Discodrilidae. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Universita di Napoli.</em> (new series) 3(24):1-27, plate 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59409736
note: Discodrilidae is unnecessary name of Vejdovsky for Branchiobdellidae [details]
taxonomy source Gelder, S. R.; Siddall, M. E. (2001). Phylogenetic assessment of the Branchiobdellidae (Annelida, Clitellata) using 18S rDNA, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and morphological characters. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 30(3): 215-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6409.2001.00063.x [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Holt, P.C. (1965). The Systematic Position or the Branchiobdellidae (Annelida: Clitellata). <em>Systematic Zoology.</em> 14: 25-32. [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Holt, P.C. (1986). Newly established families of the order Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata) with a synopsisof the genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(4): 676-702., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34596151 [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Ohtaka, Akifumi; Gelder, Stuart R.; Peterson, Susan M. (2020). A catalog and assessment of Prof. Hideji Yamaguchi's slide collection of branchiobdellidans (Annelida: Clitellata) with the identification of syntypes. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 17(1): 159-187., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zoosymposia/article/view/zoosymposia.17.1.14 [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Gelder, S.R. (2006). Branchiobdellidans. <em>In: Wetzel, M.J., Fend, S.V., Coates, K.A., Kathman, R.D. & Gelder, S.R. taxonomy, Systematics, and ecology of the Aquatic Oligochaeta and Branchiobdellida (Annelida, Clitellata) of North America, with emphasis on the Fauna occuring in Florida. A Workbook.</em> p161-174. [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Holt, P.C.; Opell, B.D. (1993). A checklist of and illustrated key to the genera and species of the central and north american Cambarincolidae (Clitellata: Branchiobdellida). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 106(2): 251-295., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34574077 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]identification resource Holt, P.C.; Opell, B.D. (1993). A checklist of and illustrated key to the genera and species of the central and north american Cambarincolidae (Clitellata: Branchiobdellida). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 106(2): 251-295., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34574077 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Šarić, I.; Klobučar, G.; Podnar, M.; Štambuk, A.; Maguire, I. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of branchiobdellidans (Annelida : Clitellata) and their host–epibiont association with Austropotamobius freshwater crayfish. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 32(1): 55., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is17028 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Grube, A.E. (1851). Die familien der Anneliden, mit Angabe ihrer Gattungen und Arten. Ein systematischer Versuch. <em>Berlin, Nicolai'schen Buchhandlung.</em> 1-164., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.46818
page(s): 114; note: As family Branchiobdellea [details]
additional source Rösel Von Rosenhof, August Johann. (1755). Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung dritter Theil worinnen ausser verschiedenen, zu den in den beeden ersten Theilen enthaltenen Classen, gehörigen Insecten, auch mancherley Arten von acht neuen Classen nach ihrem Ursprung, Verwandlung . <em>[book series].</em> Volume 3 [of 4]: 1-624 , index, 1-101 plates (interspersed with text), Nürnberg, Johann Joseph Fleischmann., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52305994
page(s): 327, plate 59; note: first known mention of a branchiobdellid (on Astacus fluviatilis). The work is pre-linnaean but no name is assigned for the worm [details]
[request]additional source Grube, A.E. (1851). Die familien der Anneliden, mit Angabe ihrer Gattungen und Arten. Ein systematischer Versuch. <em>Berlin, Nicolai'schen Buchhandlung.</em> 1-164., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.46818
page(s): 114; note: As family Branchiobdellea [details]
additional source Rösel Von Rosenhof, August Johann. (1755). Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung dritter Theil worinnen ausser verschiedenen, zu den in den beeden ersten Theilen enthaltenen Classen, gehörigen Insecten, auch mancherley Arten von acht neuen Classen nach ihrem Ursprung, Verwandlung . <em>[book series].</em> Volume 3 [of 4]: 1-624 , index, 1-101 plates (interspersed with text), Nürnberg, Johann Joseph Fleischmann., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52305994
page(s): 327, plate 59; note: first known mention of a branchiobdellid (on Astacus fluviatilis). The work is pre-linnaean but no name is assigned for the worm [details]
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Classification Gelder (1996) has reviewed higher rank names, including family names used for Branchiobdellidae. He placed them at Class-level, using Branchiobdellae Kasprzak, 1984, which consists of one order, Branchiobdellida Holt, 1965a, with five families used by Holt (1986), Branchiobdellidae, Bdellodrilidae, Cambarincolidae, Caridinophilidae, and Xironodrilidae. Almost certainly most of these higher intermediate ranks are superfluous and the group can be treated as one family in the annelids. [details]
