WoRMS taxon details
Entobdella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1818
119431 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119431)
accepted
Species
Entobdella curvunca Ronald, 1957 · unaccepted (synonym)
Epibdella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1828 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Hirudo hippoglossi O. F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (superseded original combination....)
superseded original combination. monogenean platyhelminth, not annelida
marine
(of Hirudo hippoglossi O. F. 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, no figures; note: platyhelminth initially placed in Hirudo, described as: "dilatata albido, medio corporis ocello didymo, candido" [details]
page(s): 220, no figures; note: platyhelminth initially placed in Hirudo, described as: "dilatata albido, medio corporis ocello didymo, candido" [details]
Distribution reported off Nova Scotia, Greenland, Iceland, northern Europe, Alaska, the Bering Sea, Maine and Massachusetts
Distribution reported off Nova Scotia, Greenland, Iceland, northern Europe, Alaska, the Bering Sea, Maine and Massachusetts [details]
WoRMS (2025). Entobdella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119431 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hirudo hippoglossi O. F. 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, no figures; note: platyhelminth initially placed in Hirudo, described as: "dilatata albido, medio corporis ocello didymo, candido" [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <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. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 220, no figures; note: platyhelminth initially placed in Hirudo, described as: "dilatata albido, medio corporis ocello didymo, candido" [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <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. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Hendrix, S.S. (1994). Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States. Platyhelminthes: Monogenea. <em>U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington. Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Technical Report.</em> No. NOAA-TR-NMFS-121: 107 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Mendoza-Garfias B., García-Prieto L.; Pérez-Ponce De León G. (2017). Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Mexican aquatic vertebrates. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 39 (4): 501-598., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2017n4a5 [details]
additional source Beverley-Burton, M. (1984). Monogenea and Turbellaria. In: Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada, Part 1. (Edited by L. Margolis & Z. Kabata). <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa.</em> 209 pp. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request]additional source Mendoza-Garfias B., García-Prieto L.; Pérez-Ponce De León G. (2017). Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Mexican aquatic vertebrates. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 39 (4): 501-598., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2017n4a5 [details]
additional source Beverley-Burton, M. (1984). Monogenea and Turbellaria. In: Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada, Part 1. (Edited by L. Margolis & Z. Kabata). <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa.</em> 209 pp. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet parasitic on host [details]Distribution reported off Nova Scotia, Greenland, Iceland, northern Europe, Alaska, the Bering Sea, Maine and Massachusetts [details]
Habitat on the skin of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) [details]
Reproduction hermaphroditic [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Entobdella curvunca Ronald, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Epibdella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Entobdella hippoglossi)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (18 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (2 records) (from synonym Epibdella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1828)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Epibdella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Entobdella hippoglossi)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (18 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (2 records) (from synonym Epibdella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1828)
To ITIS
