WoRMS taxon details

Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865

2043  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2043)

accepted
Family
Ichthyobdellidae Leuckart, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Genus Alexandrobdella Bolotov, Klass, Konopleva, Bespalaya, Gofarov, Kondakov & Vikhrev, 2020
  2. Genus Ambulobdella A. Utevsky & S. Utevsky, 2018
  3. Genus Antarcticobdella
  4. Genus Austroplatybdellina A. Utevsky, S. Utevsky, Cichocka, Bielecki & Trontelj, 2023
  5. Genus Bdellamaris Richardson, 1953
  6. Genus Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  7. Genus Brumptiana Llewellyn & Knight-Jones, 1984
  8. Genus Calliobdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
  9. Genus Ceratobdella Utevsky & Gordeev, 2015
  10. Genus Codonobdella Grube, 1873
  11. Genus Cottobdella
  12. Genus Cryobdellina
  13. Genus Cyrillobdella
  14. Genus Cystobranchus Diesing, 1859
  15. Genus Dolichobdella Utevsky & Chernyshev, 2012
  16. Genus Dollfusobdella Burreson & Williams, 2008
  17. Genus Galatheabdella Richardson & Meyer, 1973
  18. Genus Ganymedebdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1915
  19. Genus Janusion Leigh-Sharpe, 1933
  20. Genus Johanssonia Selensky, 1914
  21. Genus Leporinabdella Burreson & Williams, 2008
  22. Genus Megaliobdella Meyer & Burreson, 1990
  23. Genus Orientobdella
  24. Genus Phyllobdellina
  25. Genus Phyllobranchus
  26. Subfamily Piscicolinae Johnston, 1865
    1. Genus Acipenserobdella Epstein, 1969
    2. Genus Baicalobdella Dogiel & Bogolepova, 1957
    3. Genus Caspiobdella Epshtein, 1966
    4. Genus Limnotrachelobdella Epshtein, 1968
    5. Genus Nototheniobdella A. Utevsky, 1993
    6. Genus Piscicola Blainville, 1818
    7. Genus Trachelobdella Diesing, 1850
  27. Subfamily Platybdellinae Epshtein, 1970
    1. Genus Austrobdella Badham, 1916
    2. Genus Bathybdella Burreson, 1981
    3. Genus Beringobdella Caballero, 1974
    4. Genus Cochimibdella Ruiz-Escobar, Colunga-Ramírez, Oceguera-Figueroa & Castellanos-Martínez, 2025
    5. Genus Crangonobdella Selensky, 1914
    6. Genus Cryobdella Harding, 1922
    7. Genus Glyptonotobdella Sawyer & White, 1969
    8. Genus Hemibdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863. Revised
    9. Genus Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939
    10. Genus Lizabdella A. Utevsky, 2007
    11. Genus Makarabdella Richardson, 1959
    12. Genus Marsipobdella Moore, 1952
    13. Genus Mysidobdella Selensky, 1927
    14. Genus Myzobdella Leidy, 1851
    15. Genus Notobdella Benham, 1909
    16. Genus Notostomum Levinsen, 1882
    17. Genus Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956
    18. Genus Ostreobdella Oka, 1927
    19. Genus Phyllobdella Moore, 1939
    20. Genus Piscicolaria Whitman, 1889
    21. Genus Platybdella Malm, 1863
    22. Genus Pterobdella Kaburaki, 1921
    23. Genus Trulliobdella Brinkman, 1947
    24. Genus Ichthyobdella Blainville, 1827 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, probably a synonym, but awaiting more information)
    25. Genus Abranchus Johansson, 1896 accepted as Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Junior to Abranchus both in Boïé 1824 and Harlan 1825)
    26. Genus Aestabdella Burreson, 1976 accepted as Pterobdella Kaburaki, 1921 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    27. Genus Arctobdella de Silva & Kabata, 1961 accepted as Hemibdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863. Revised (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
    28. Genus Carcinobdella Oka, 1910 accepted as Notostomum Levinsen, 1882 (synonym)
    29. Genus Illinobdella Meyer, 1940 accepted as Myzobdella Leidy, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
    30. Genus Levinsenia Vasiliev, 1939 accepted as Beringobdella Caballero, 1974 (preoccupied; junior homonym of Levinsenia Mesnil, 1897 (Polychaeta))
    31. Genus Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (synonym)
    32. Genus Notostomobdella Moore & Meyer, 1951 accepted as Notostomum Levinsen, 1882 (synonym)
    33. Genus Ottonia Malm, 1874 accepted as Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (preoccupied)
    34. Genus Platybdella Harding, 1922 accepted as Cryobdella Harding, 1922 (synonym)
    35. Genus Sanguinothus de Silva & Burdon-Jones, 1961 accepted as Crangonobdella Selensky, 1914 (subjective synonym)
  28. Genus Pleurobdella
  29. Genus Pontobdellina Harding, 1927
  30. Subfamily Pontobdellinae Llewellyn, 1966
    1. Genus Mooreobdellina Epshtein, 1972
    2. Genus Oxytonostoma Malm, 1863
    3. Genus Pontobdella Leach, 1815
    4. Genus Pentabdella Llewellyn, 1966 accepted as Pontobdella Leach, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
    5. Genus Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 accepted as Pontobdella Leach, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
  31. Genus Pterobdellina Boisen Bennike & Bruun, 1939
  32. Genus Richardsonobdella Burreson & Dybdahl, 1989
  33. Genus Taimenobdella Epshtein, 1987
  34. Genus Trachelobdellina
  35. Genus Zeylanicobdella Silva, 1963
  36. Genus Dagarobdella Finogenova & Snimschikova, 1991 accepted as Codonobdella Grube, 1873 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Genus Ottoniobdella Moore & Meyer, 1951 accepted as Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (synonym)
  38. Genus Pseudobranchellion Apáthy, 1890 accepted as Ozobranchus Quatrefages, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Genus Rhopalobdella Burreson & Kearn, 2000 accepted as Pterobdella Kaburaki, 1921 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2043 on 2026-01-18
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Nomenclature

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

basis of record Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.
page(s): 660 [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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