WoRMS taxon details
Notobdella nototheniae Benham, 1909
370643 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370643)
accepted
Species
marine
Benham, William B. (1909). Preliminary report on two Hirudinea from the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. <em>[Book section].</em> p. 373-376 In. C. Chilton (ed.) The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12187914
page(s): 372 [details]
page(s): 372 [details]
Note off Snares Island, New Zealand. On marine fish...
From editor or global species database
Type locality off Snares Island, New Zealand. On marine fish Notothenia microlepidota caught on handline. [details]
Description Colour in life red-brown with paired oval black spots at intervals
Description Colour in life red-brown with paired oval black spots at intervals [details]
WoRMS (2025). Notobdella nototheniae Benham, 1909. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370643 on 2025-08-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Benham, William B. (1909). Preliminary report on two Hirudinea from the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. <em>[Book section].</em> p. 373-376 In. C. Chilton (ed.) The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12187914
page(s): 372 [details]
page(s): 372 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description Colour in life red-brown with paired oval black spots at intervals [details]Habitat marine [details]
Specimen Benham states that he collected three specimens [details]
Type locality off Snares Island, New Zealand. On marine fish Notothenia microlepidota caught on handline. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Notobdella nototheniae)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Notobdella nototheniae USNM 121420 dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Notobdella nototheniae USNM 121420 ventral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (40 records)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Notobdella nototheniae)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Notobdella nototheniae USNM 121420 dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Notobdella nototheniae USNM 121420 ventral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (40 records)
Unreviewed
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