WoRMS name details
Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861)
370683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370683)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
Species
Pontobdella bimaculata Oka, 1910 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pontobdella tasmanica Hickman, 1946 · unaccepted (subjective synonym, replacement...)
subjective synonym, replacement name for P. verrucosa Hickman, 1942
Pontobdella verrucosa Hickman, 1942 · unaccepted > junior homonym (replaced (by P tasmanica) junior...)
replaced (by P tasmanica) junior primary homonym, subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 6, plate 16, figure 145; note: Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
page(s): 6, plate 16, figure 145; note: Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
Distribution North America: North Carolina to Caribbean Sea; South America: Brazil.
Distribution Atlantic: North Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, Guiana, Colombia
Distribution North America: North Carolina to Caribbean Sea; South America: Brazil. [details]
Distribution Atlantic: North Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, Guiana, Colombia
Distribution Atlantic: North Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, Guiana, Colombia [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370683 on 2025-06-19
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Nomenclature
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(of Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 6, plate 16, figure 145; note: Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
page(s): 6, plate 16, figure 145; note: Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
Other
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 Burreson, E. M. (2009). Marine Leeches (Hirudinida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 789–792 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Soto, J. M. R. (2000). Marine leech, Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae), parasitic on the whaler shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)(Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae), in southern Brazilian waters. <em>Rev. Brasil. Biol.</em> 60(4): 713-714. [details]
additional source Yamauchi,Takeo; Ota, Yuzo; Nagasawa, Kazuya. (2008). Stibarobdella macrothela (Annelida, Hirudinida, Piscicolidae) from Elasmobranchs in Japanese Waters, with New Host Records. <em>Biogeography [Japan].</em> 10: 53-57., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/00029159
note: New records for Japan. No synonymy or name history is included. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Burreson, E. M. (2009). Marine Leeches (Hirudinida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 789–792 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Soto, J. M. R. (2000). Marine leech, Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae), parasitic on the whaler shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)(Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae), in southern Brazilian waters. <em>Rev. Brasil. Biol.</em> 60(4): 713-714. [details]
additional source Yamauchi,Takeo; Ota, Yuzo; Nagasawa, Kazuya. (2008). Stibarobdella macrothela (Annelida, Hirudinida, Piscicolidae) from Elasmobranchs in Japanese Waters, with New Host Records. <em>Biogeography [Japan].</em> 10: 53-57., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/00029159
note: New records for Japan. No synonymy or name history is included. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution North America: North Carolina to Caribbean Sea; South America: Brazil. [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Atlantic: North Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, Guiana, Colombia [details]Habitat parasite of sharks, crab, summer flounder [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アカメウミビル | [details] |
