WoRMS taxon details
Myzobdella Leidy, 1851
160300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160300)
accepted
Genus
Myzobdella lugubris Leidy, 1851 (type by monotypy)
Illinobdella Meyer, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
- Species Myzobdella lugubris Leidy, 1851
- Species Myzobdella platensis (Cordero, 1933)
- Species Myzobdella uruguayensis (Mañé-Garzón & Montero, 1977)
- Species Myzobdella patzcuarensis (Caballero, 1940) accepted as Myzobdella lugubris Leidy, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Leidy, J. (1852). Helminthological Contributions No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,.</em> 5: 239–244.
page(s): 243 [details]
page(s): 243 [details]
Read, G. et al. (2024). AnnelidaBase. Myzobdella Leidy, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160300 on 2024-09-21
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original description
Leidy, J. (1852). Helminthological Contributions No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,.</em> 5: 239–244.
page(s): 243 [details]
original description (of Illinobdella Meyer, 1940) Meyer, Marvin C. (1940). A revision of the leeches (Piscicolidae) living on freshwater fishes of North America. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59: 354-76., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3222552
page(s): 366; note: type species Illinobdella alba n. sp. from Illinois [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.
page(s): 661-662 [details]
additional source Torres-Carrera, Gerardo; Velázquez-Urrieta, Yanet; Santacruz, Ana. (2024). Not that many leech species after all: Myzobdella lugubris and Myzobdella patzcuarensis (Annelida: Hirudinida) are the same species. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 101(3): 38 :1-11., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11230-024-10160-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 243 [details]
original description (of Illinobdella Meyer, 1940) Meyer, Marvin C. (1940). A revision of the leeches (Piscicolidae) living on freshwater fishes of North America. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59: 354-76., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3222552
page(s): 366; note: type species Illinobdella alba n. sp. from Illinois [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.
page(s): 661-662 [details]
additional source Torres-Carrera, Gerardo; Velázquez-Urrieta, Yanet; Santacruz, Ana. (2024). Not that many leech species after all: Myzobdella lugubris and Myzobdella patzcuarensis (Annelida: Hirudinida) are the same species. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 101(3): 38 :1-11., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11230-024-10160-5 [details] Available for editors
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