WoRMS name details
Pentabdella Llewellyn, 1966
1806150 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1806150)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Genus
Pontobdella dispar Cordero, 1937 accepted as Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861 (type by original designation)
- Species Pentabdella dispar (Cordero, 1937) accepted as Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861 (unaccepted > superseded combination, supersed subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
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.
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WoRMS (2026). Pentabdella Llewellyn, 1966. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1806150 on 2026-01-03
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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): 433; note: created for Pontobdella dispar Cordero [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 433; note: created for Pontobdella dispar Cordero [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Utevsky, Andrei Y. (2007). Antarctic piscicolid leeches. <em>Bonner zoologische Monographien.</em> 54: 1-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44818491
page(s): 28; note: to synonymy under Pontobdella [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 28; note: to synonymy under Pontobdella [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Diagnosis (Llewellyn, L. C. 1966).Tuberculate Piscicolidae in which most of the somites of the testicular and caecal regions are pentameric. [details]
