WoRMS taxon details
Heptacyclus virgatus (Oka, 1910)
370630 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370630)
accepted
Species
Ichthyobdella virgata Oka, 1910 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
(of Ichthyobdella virgata Oka, 1910) Oka, Asajiro. (1910). Synopsis der Japanischen Hirudineen, mit Diagnosen der Neuen Species. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 7: 165-183., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44477565
page(s): 173, no figures; note: Hokkaido [details]
page(s): 173, no figures; note: Hokkaido [details]
WoRMS (2025). Heptacyclus virgatus (Oka, 1910). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370630 on 2025-12-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ichthyobdella virgata Oka, 1910) Oka, Asajiro. (1910). Synopsis der Japanischen Hirudineen, mit Diagnosen der Neuen Species. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 7: 165-183., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44477565
page(s): 173, no figures; note: Hokkaido [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]
page(s): 173, no figures; note: Hokkaido [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]
Other
additional source
Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Morphology size large, 50-60 mm [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ムチウオビル | [details] |
