WoRMS taxon details
Mysidobdella borealis (Johansson, 1898)
370642 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370642)
accepted
Species
Ichthyobdella borealis Johansson, 1898 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Mysidobdella oculata Selensky, 1927 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Distribution Arctic and adjacent seas
Distribution Known North Temperate Distribution: Arctic waters & New Jersey to Bay of Fundy.
Distribution Arctic and adjacent seas [details]
Distribution Known North Temperate Distribution: Arctic waters & New Jersey to Bay of Fundy.
Distribution Known North Temperate Distribution: Arctic waters & New Jersey to Bay of Fundy. [details]
WoRMS (2026). Mysidobdella borealis (Johansson, 1898). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370642 on 2026-06-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mysidobdella oculata Selensky, 1927) Selensky, W. D. (1927). On a new Ichthybdellidae (Mysidobdella oculata n.g. n.sp.), a parasite on Crustacea. <em>Proceedings of the Second Congress of Zoologists, Anatomists, and Histologists of USSR.</em> 2: 32-33, In: Severtsov, A.N., & B.S. Matveev (eds.), Trudy Vtorogo S´´Ezda Zoologov, Anatomov i Gistologov SSSR : Moskve 4-10 Maia 1925 g. [Proceedings of the Second Congress of Zoologists, Anatomists, and Histologists of USSR] (in Russian).
page(s): 32 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
basis of record Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.
page(s): 665-666 [details]
page(s): 32 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
basis of record Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.
page(s): 665-666 [details]
Other
additional source
Utevsky, S.; Sorbe, J. (2012). First Record of the Boreal-Arctic Marine Leech Mysidobdella Borealis (Hirudinida, Piscicolidae) from the Southern Bay of Biscay. <em>Vestnik Zoologii.</em> 46(2)., available online at http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/bitstream/handle/123456789/109357/11-Utevsky.pdf?sequence=1 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology type species parasitic on Neomysis americanus and Mysis spp. [details]Distribution Arctic and adjacent seas [details]
Distribution Known North Temperate Distribution: Arctic waters & New Jersey to Bay of Fundy. [details]
Habitat marine [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ichthyobdella borealis Johansson, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mysidobdella oculata Selensky, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To PESI (from synonym Mysidobdella oculata Selensky, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mysidobdella oculata Selensky, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To PESI (from synonym Mysidobdella oculata Selensky, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
