Nomenclature
original description
(of Hirudo grossa Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 220; note: listing, with a four word diagnosis [details] 
Taxonomy
redescription
Riepen, O. (1933). Anatomie und Histologie von Malacobdella grossa (Mull.). Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 143: 323-424 [details] Available for editors 
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Ecology
ecology source
Gibson, R. (1967). Occurrence of the entocommensal rhynchocoelan, Malacobdella grossa, in the Oval Piddock, Zirfaea crispata, on the Yorkshire coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 47: 301-317, available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstractjsessionid=E007A90563E7DC3463B7678B5F23AFDC.journals?fromPage=online&aid=4424612 [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source
Gibson, R. (1968). Studies on the Biology of the Entocommensal Rhynchocoelan Malacobdella grossa, Lamellibranch Host, Protozoan Parasites. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 48(3): 637-656, available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=4293564&fileId=S0025315400019202 [details] Available for editors [request]
Other
additional source
Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
additional source
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source
Norenburg, J. L. 2009. Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 553–558 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source
Magarlamov, T. Yu.; Chernyshev, A. V. (2010). Ultrastructural study of the proboscis of Malacobdella grossa (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea). Journal of Natural History, 44(37-40): 2349-2361, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2010.504894 [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source
Hammarsten, O.D. (1918). Beitrag zur Embryonalentwicklung der Malacobdella grossa (Müll.). <em>PhD thesis, Stockholm.</em> [details]
Unreviewed
Diet parasitic on host [details]
Dimensions length up to 40 mm by 15 mm [details]
Distribution whole Atlantic coast [details]
Ecology in mantle cavity of bivalve molluscs [details]
Habitat endemic in the mantle cavity of pelecypod molluscs [details]
Importance parasitic on commercial shellfish [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details]
remark species fragment easily when handled [details]
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