WoRMS taxon details
Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1761)
Hirudo geometra Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
WoRMS (2026). Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1761). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116980 on 2026-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hirudo geometra Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Hirudinea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 234-235 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Hirudinea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 234-235 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Furiness, Sharon; Williams, Julianne I.; Nagasawa, Kazuya; Burreson, Eugene M. (2007). A collection of fish leeches (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) from Japan and surrounding waters, including redescriptions of three species. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 93(4): 875-83., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-979R1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [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]
[request]additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Authority (Linnaeus, 1761) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | fiskeigle | [details] |
| Dutch | vissenbloedzuigervisbloedzuiger | [details] |
| English | great tailed leechcommon fish leech | [details] |
| German | Gemeiner FischegelFischegel | [details] |
| Polish | pijawka rybia | [details] |
| Swedish | fiskigel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (189 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Piscicola geometra)
To GenBank (2428 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ WRM 39881 Piscicola geometra dorsal at 6x photo)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (189 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Piscicola geometra)
To GenBank (2428 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ WRM 39881 Piscicola geometra dorsal at 6x photo)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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