Canadian Register of Marine Species - Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865

URMO taxon details

Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Piscicola Blainville, 1818

Parent

Rhynchobdellida

Direct children (63)

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Genus Antarcticobdella
Genus Bdellamaris Richardson, 1953
Genus Branchellion Savigny, 1822
Genus Brumptiana Llewellyn & Knight-Jones, 1984
Genus Calliobdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
Genus Cottobdella
Genus Cryobdellina
Genus Cyrillobdella
Genus Cystobranchus Diesing, 1859
Genus Galatheabdella Richardson & Meyer, 1973
Genus Ganymedebdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1915
Genus Janusion Leigh-Sharpe, 1933
Genus Johanssonia Selensky, 1914
Genus Megaliobdella
Genus Orientobdella
Genus Phyllobdellina
Genus Phyllobranchus
Subfamily Piscicolinae Johnston, 1865
1. Genus Caspiobdella Epshtein, 1966
2. Genus Limnotrachelobdella Epshtein, 1968
3. Genus Nototheniobdella A. Utevsky, 1993
4. Genus Piscicola Blainville, 1818
5. Genus Trachelobdella Diesing, 1850
Subfamily Platybdellinae Epshtein, 1970
1. Genus Austrobdella Badham, 1916
2. Genus Bathybdella Burreson, 1981
3. Genus Beringobdella Caballero, 1974
4. Genus Crangonobdella Selensky, 1914
5. Genus Cryobdella Harding, 1922
6. Genus Glyptonotobdella Sawyer & White, 1969
7. Genus Hemibdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863. Revised
8. Genus Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939
9. Genus Makarabdella Richardson, 1959
10. Genus Marsipobdella Moore, 1952
11. Genus Mysidobdella Selensky, 1927
12. Genus Notobdella Benham, 1909
13. Genus Notostomum Levinsen, 1882
14. Genus Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956
15. Genus Ostreobdella Oka, 1927
16. Genus Platybdella Malm, 1863
17. Genus Pterobdella Kaburaki, 1921
18. Genus Trulliobdella Brinkman, 1947
19. Genus Abranchus Johansson, 1896 accepted as Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Junior to Abranchus both in Bo�� 1824 and Harlan 1825)
20. Genus Aestabdella Burreson, 1976 accepted as Pterobdella Kaburaki, 1921 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
21. Genus Arctobdella de Silva & Kabata, 1961 accepted as Hemibdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863. Revised (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
22. Genus Carcinobdella Oka, 1910 accepted as Notostomum Levinsen, 1882 (synonym)
23. Genus Levinsenia Vasiliev, 1939 accepted as Beringobdella Caballero, 1974 (preoccupied; junior homonym of Levinsenia Mesnil, 1897 (Polychaeta))
24. Genus Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (synonym)
25. Genus Notostomobdella Moore & Meyer, 1951 accepted as Notostomum Levinsen, 1882 (synonym)
26. Genus Sanguinothus de Silva & Burdon-Jones, 1961 accepted as Crangonobdella Selensky, 1914 (subjective synonym)
27. Genus Ichthyobdella Blainville, 1827 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, probably a synonym, but awaiting more information)
Genus Pleurobdella
Subfamily Pontobdellinae Llewellyn, 1966
1. Genus Mooreobdellina Epshtein, 1972
2. Genus Oxytonostoma Malm, 1863
3. Genus Pontobdella Leach, 1815
4. Genus Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 accepted as Pontobdella Leach, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
Genus Pterobdellina Boisen Bennike & Bruun, 1939
Genus Richardsonobdella Burreson & Dybdahl, 1989
Genus Trachelobdellina
Genus Zeylanicobdella Silva, 1963
Genus Ottoniobdella Moore & Meyer, 1951 accepted as Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (synonym)
Genus Pseudobranchellion Ap�thy, 1890 accepted as Ozobranchus Quatrefages, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2043 on 2025-06-03

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2043 on 2025-06-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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db_admin

2013-09-14 06:03:05Z

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Kolb, J�rgen

2014-05-28 01:05:31Z

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Kolb, J�rgen

2014-06-02 21:37:09Z

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Kolb, J�rgen

2019-03-05 04:15:34Z

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Read, Geoffrey

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context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificaci�n de los metazoos par�sitos de peces de Per�. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors

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]

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Introduced: alien

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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 060668)
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