Pontobdella macrothela
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Kolb, Jürgen
creator: Read, Geoffrey
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370745 on 2026-08-30
created: 2008-11-28T07:40:21Z
modified: 2024-05-17T01:36:34Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861
class: Clitellata
family: Piscicolidae
genus: Pontobdella
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte.
name published in: Cordero, E. H. (1937). Hirudineos neotropicales y subantarticos nuevos criticos o ya conocidos del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales. Anales del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia". 39 (4): 1-77.
name published in: Hickman, V. V. (1942). A New Ichthyobdellid leech and its egg-capsules. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. (year 1941): 41-43, plates 5-6.
name published in: Hickman, V. V. (1946). Pontobdella tasmanica nom. nov. (Hirudinea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. (year 1946): 27-27.
name published in: Oka, Asajiro. (1910). Synopsis der Japanischen Hirudineen, mit Diagnosen der Neuen Species. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses. 7: 165-183.
name published in year: 1861
name published in year: 1937
name published in year: 1942
name published in year: 1946
name published in year: 1910
order: Rhynchobdellida
parent name usage ID: 116943
phylum: Annelida
scientific name authorship: Schmarda, 1861
specific epithet: macrothela
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted