UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Hirudo branchiata Menzies, 1791

WoRMS name details

Hirudo branchiata Menzies, 1791

AphiaID

370711 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370711)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (superseded original combination)

Accepted Name

Ozobranchus branchiatus (Menzies, 1791)

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Ozobranchus Quatrefages, 1852

Parent

Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Hirudo branchiata Menzies, 1791

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Menzies, A. (1791). Description of three new animals found in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 1: 187-188, plate 17, figure 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/755914
page(s): 188 [details]

Type data

Note Tropical Pacific. Author: "This species was...

Type locality Tropical Pacific. Author: "This species was found in great abundance adhering to a turtle, in the Pacific Ocean, between the Tropics. " [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Hirudo branchiata Menzies, 1791. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370711 on 2024-09-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-11-28 06:40:21Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2020-06-03 23:14:09Z

checked

Read, Geoffrey

2020-06-04 03:05:22Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

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Sources (3)
Notes (1)

original description Menzies, A. (1791). Description of three new animals found in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 1: 187-188, plate 17, figure 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/755914
page(s): 188 [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]

source of synonymy 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 locality Tropical Pacific. Author: "This species was found in great abundance adhering to a turtle, in the Pacific Ocean, between the Tropics. " [details]