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Illinobdella moorei Meyer, 1940
763074 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:763074)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
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Illinobdella Meyer, 1940 accepted as Myzobdella Leidy, 1851
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Meyer, Marvin C. (1940). A revision of the leeches (Piscicolidae) living on freshwater fishes of North America. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59: 354-76., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3222552
page(s): 370, figure 3; note: Taken in Illinois from Polyodon spathula (Walbaum), Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) and Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque from the Rock and Illinois Rivers, from Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill), Fall ...
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page(s): 370, figure 3; note: Taken in Illinois from Polyodon spathula (Walbaum), Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) and Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque from the Rock and Illinois Rivers, from Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill), Fall ...
Taken in Illinois from Polyodon spathula (Walbaum), Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) and Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque from the Rock and Illinois Rivers, from Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill), Fall Lake at Winton, Minnesota and from Eupomotis gibbosus (Linnaeus), the Mississippi River at Guttenberg, Iowa.
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Note Taken in Illinois from Polyodon spathula...
Type locality Taken in Illinois from Polyodon spathula (Walbaum), Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) and Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque from the Rock and Illinois Rivers, from Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill), Fall Lake at Winton, Minnesota and from Eupomotis gibbosus (Linnaeus), the Mississippi River at Guttenberg, Iowa. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Illinobdella moorei Meyer, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=763074 on 2026-05-06
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Meyer, Marvin C. (1940). A revision of the leeches (Piscicolidae) living on freshwater fishes of North America. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59: 354-76., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3222552
page(s): 370, figure 3; note: Taken in Illinois from Polyodon spathula (Walbaum), Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) and Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque from the Rock and Illinois Rivers, from Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill), Fall ...
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basis of record Bruce, A. Daniels & Sawyer, Roy T. (1975). The Biology of the Leech Myzobdella lugubris Infesting Blue Crabs and Catfish. Biological Bulletin, 148(2), pp. 193-198., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1540542 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 370, figure 3; note: Taken in Illinois from Polyodon spathula (Walbaum), Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) and Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque from the Rock and Illinois Rivers, from Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill), Fall ...
Taken in Illinois from Polyodon spathula (Walbaum), Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) and Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque from the Rock and Illinois Rivers, from Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill), Fall Lake at Winton, Minnesota and from Eupomotis gibbosus (Linnaeus), the Mississippi River at Guttenberg, Iowa.
[request]basis of record Bruce, A. Daniels & Sawyer, Roy T. (1975). The Biology of the Leech Myzobdella lugubris Infesting Blue Crabs and Catfish. Biological Bulletin, 148(2), pp. 193-198., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1540542 [details] Available for editors
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Torres-Carrera, Gerardo; Velázquez-Urrieta, Yanet; Santacruz, Ana. (2024). Not that many leech species after all: Myzobdella lugubris and Myzobdella patzcuarensis (Annelida: Hirudinida) are the same species. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 101(3): 38 :1-11., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11230-024-10160-5
note: listed as synonym of Myzobdella lugubris Leidy 1851 [details] Available for editors [request]
note: listed as synonym of Myzobdella lugubris Leidy 1851 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality Taken in Illinois from Polyodon spathula (Walbaum), Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) and Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque from the Rock and Illinois Rivers, from Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill), Fall Lake at Winton, Minnesota and from Eupomotis gibbosus (Linnaeus), the Mississippi River at Guttenberg, Iowa. [details]
