WoRMS taxon details
Pontobdellinae Llewellyn, 1966
724622 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724622)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Mooreobdellina Epshtein, 1972
- Genus Oxytonostoma Malm, 1863
- Genus Pontobdella Leach, 1815
- Genus Pentabdella Llewellyn, 1966 accepted as Pontobdella Leach, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
- Genus Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 accepted as Pontobdella Leach, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Llewellyn, L. C. (1966). Pontobdellinae (Piscicolidae : Hirudinea) in the British Museum (Natural History) with a review of the subfamily. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 14(7), 389-439.
page(s): 404; note: "conspicuously tuberculate marine leeches may conveniently be separated in a new subfamily Pontobdellinae containing the genera Stibarobdella, Pontobdella, and Pentabdella gen. nov., for species in wh...
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page(s): 404; note: "conspicuously tuberculate marine leeches may conveniently be separated in a new subfamily Pontobdellinae containing the genera Stibarobdella, Pontobdella, and Pentabdella gen. nov., for species in wh...
"conspicuously tuberculate marine leeches may conveniently be separated in a new subfamily Pontobdellinae containing the genera Stibarobdella, Pontobdella, and Pentabdella gen. nov., for species in which the mid-body somites bear three, four and five annuli respectively"
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pontobdellinae Llewellyn, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724622 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Llewellyn, L. C. (1966). Pontobdellinae (Piscicolidae : Hirudinea) in the British Museum (Natural History) with a review of the subfamily. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 14(7), 389-439.
page(s): 404; note: "conspicuously tuberculate marine leeches may conveniently be separated in a new subfamily Pontobdellinae containing the genera Stibarobdella, Pontobdella, and Pentabdella gen. nov., for species in wh...
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basis of record Llewellyn, L. C. (1966). Pontobdellinae (Piscicolidae : Hirudinea) in the British Museum (Natural History) with a review of the subfamily. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 14(7), 389-439. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 404; note: "conspicuously tuberculate marine leeches may conveniently be separated in a new subfamily Pontobdellinae containing the genera Stibarobdella, Pontobdella, and Pentabdella gen. nov., for species in wh...
"conspicuously tuberculate marine leeches may conveniently be separated in a new subfamily Pontobdellinae containing the genera Stibarobdella, Pontobdella, and Pentabdella gen. nov., for species in which the mid-body somites bear three, four and five annuli respectively"
[request]basis of record Llewellyn, L. C. (1966). Pontobdellinae (Piscicolidae : Hirudinea) in the British Museum (Natural History) with a review of the subfamily. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 14(7), 389-439. [details] Available for editors
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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 verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Llewellyn (1966) "conspicuously tuberculate marine leeches may conveniently be separated in a new subfamily Pontobdellinae containing the genera Stibarobdella, Pontobdella, and Pentabdella gen. nov., for species in which the mid-body somites bear three, four and five annuli respectively" [details]Ecology typically permanent parasites on elasmobranchs, marine (Sawyer, 1986, p.669) [details]
