WoRMS taxon details
Entobdella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1818
119431 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119431)
accepted
Species
Entobdella brattstroemi Brinkmann, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Entobdella curvunca Ronald, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Entobdella rosaceus Crane, 1972 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Entobdella steingroeveri (Cohn, 1916) Johnston, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Epibdella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1828 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Epibdella steingroeveri Cohn, 1916 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Hirudo hippoglossi O. F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (superseded original combination....)
superseded original combination. monogenean platyhelminth, not annelida
Phyllonella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Goto, 1899 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Hirudo hippoglossi O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., 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 (2026). Entobdella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119431 on 2026-07-12
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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 characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., 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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Egorova, T. P. (2000). ENTOBDELLA HIPPOGLOSSI (MONOGENOIDEA, CAPSALIDAE) FROM A PERCH-LIKE FISH FROM PACIFIC OCEAN AND NEW DATA ON SESSILORBIS LIMOPHARYNX. <em>Parazitologiya.</em> 34 (1), 70-74, (In Russian). [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 Bouguerche, C.; Boström, S. (2025). Museisamlingars stora betydelse för studier av besvärliga fiskparasiter. <em>Fauna & Flora.</em> 120(3): 24–34. [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 Bouguerche, C.; Boström, S. (2025). Museisamlingars stora betydelse för studier av besvärliga fiskparasiter. <em>Fauna & Flora.</em> 120(3): 24–34. [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) (from synonym Entobdella brattstroemi Brinkmann, 1952)
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) (from synonym Entobdella brattstroemi Brinkmann, 1952)
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
