original description
Diesing, C. M. (1859). Revision der Myzhelminthen. Abtheilungen; Bdellideen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 33: 473-513., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6480311
page(s): 484; note: Genus Cystobranchus Diesing is created for Cystobranchus troscheli Diesing, 1859, but this type species is an unnecessary new name for Piscicola geometrica Leydig & Piscicola respirans Troschel [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]
From editor or global species database
Type species Cystobranchus Diesing is created for Cystobranchus troscheli Diesing, 1859, but this type species is an unnecessary new name for senior synonyms Piscicola geometrica Leydig & Piscicola respirans Troschel [details]