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WoRMS taxon details

Notostomum Levinsen, 1882

AphiaID

116938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116938)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Notostomum laeve Levinsen, 1882

Parent

Platybdellinae Epshtein, 1970

Original name

Notostomum Levinsen, 1882

Synonymised names

Carcinobdella Oka, 1910 · unaccepted (synonym)

Notostomobdella Moore & Meyer, 1951 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Notostomum cyclostomum (Johansson, 1898)
Species Notostomum laeve Levinsen, 1882

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Levinsen, G.M.R. (1882). Smaa Bidrag til den grønlandske Fauna. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjobenhavn. 1881 (43): 127-136, plate II figs. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35631607
page(s): 133, plate 2, figures 2-6; note: As Notostomum læve Lev. nov. g. et sp. ex ordine Hirudineorum. [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution large, often over 100 mm; Arctic and adjacent areas

Distribution large, often over 100 mm; Arctic and adjacent areas [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Notostomum Levinsen, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116938 on 2026-03-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-06-02 21:37:09Z

changed

Kolb, Jürgen

2022-05-15 02:56:03Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Levinsen, G.M.R. (1882). Smaa Bidrag til den grønlandske Fauna. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjobenhavn. 1881 (43): 127-136, plate II figs. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35631607
page(s): 133, plate 2, figures 2-6; note: As Notostomum læve Lev. nov. g. et sp. ex ordine Hirudineorum. [details]

Other

additional source van der Land, J. (2001). Hirudinea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 234-235 (look up in IMIS) [details]