WoRMS taxon details
Ozobranchus branchiatus (Menzies, 1791)
370654 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370654)
accepted
Species
Hirudo branchiata Menzies, 1791 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Polydora testudinum Oken, 1815 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (also unavailable name)
marine
(of Hirudo branchiata Menzies, 1791) Menzies, A. (1791). Description of three new animals found in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 1: 187-188, plate 17, figure 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/755914
page(s): 188 [details]
page(s): 188 [details]
Distribution Ozobranchus branchiatus collected from C. mydas in Florida and Hawaii
Distribution Ozobranchus branchiatus collected from C. mydas in Florida and Hawaii [details]
WoRMS (2023). Ozobranchus branchiatus (Menzies, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370654 on 2023-06-09
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original description
(of Hirudo branchiata Menzies, 1791) Menzies, A. (1791). Description of three new animals found in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 1: 187-188, plate 17, figure 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/755914
page(s): 188 [details]
original description (of Polydora testudinum Oken, 1815) Oken, Lorenz. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere. <em>[book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=Spo5AAAAcAAJ
page(s): T3, part 1, 366, and unnumbered figure on plate 11 in T1 Atlas, 1813; note: unavailable for nomenclature (ICZN) [details]
taxonomy source Richardson, Laurence R. (1969). The family Ozobranchidae redefined, and a novel ozobranchiform leech from Murray River turtles (class Hirudinoidea; order Rhynchobdelliformes). <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 91: 61-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34952386
page(s): 64, figures 1A,B,D, 3J; note: record and description for Heron Island Queensland Australia, on green turtle Chelonia mydas [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/
note: listing [details]
additional source Burreson, E. M. (2009). Marine Leeches (Hirudinida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 789–792 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Burreson, Eugene M. (2020). Marine and estuarine leeches (Hirudinida : Ozobranchidae and Piscicolidae) of Australia and New Zealand with a key to the species. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 34(3): 235-259., available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IS19048
page(s): 236; note: records for Australia and Christmas Island [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 188 [details]
original description (of Polydora testudinum Oken, 1815) Oken, Lorenz. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere. <em>[book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=Spo5AAAAcAAJ
page(s): T3, part 1, 366, and unnumbered figure on plate 11 in T1 Atlas, 1813; note: unavailable for nomenclature (ICZN) [details]
taxonomy source Richardson, Laurence R. (1969). The family Ozobranchidae redefined, and a novel ozobranchiform leech from Murray River turtles (class Hirudinoidea; order Rhynchobdelliformes). <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 91: 61-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34952386
page(s): 64, figures 1A,B,D, 3J; note: record and description for Heron Island Queensland Australia, on green turtle Chelonia mydas [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/
note: listing [details]
additional source Burreson, E. M. (2009). Marine Leeches (Hirudinida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 789–792 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Burreson, Eugene M. (2020). Marine and estuarine leeches (Hirudinida : Ozobranchidae and Piscicolidae) of Australia and New Zealand with a key to the species. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 34(3): 235-259., available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IS19048
page(s): 236; note: records for Australia and Christmas Island [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Ozobranchus branchiatus collected from C. mydas in Florida and Hawaii [details]Habitat Commonly infests the green sea turtle Chelonia mydas (L.); it has rarely been reported on other sea turtles. [details]
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To Barcode of Life (73 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 83 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (22 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 028413)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 83 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (22 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 028413)
To ITIS
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