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Pontobdella Leach, 1815

Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)

116943  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116943)

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Hirudo muricata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Pontobdella aculeata Harding, 1924
  2. Species Pontobdella afra Baird, 1869
  3. Species Pontobdella biannulata Moore, 1957
  4. Species Pontobdella leucothela Schmarda, 1861
  5. Species Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861
  6. Species Pontobdella moorei Oka, 1910
  7. Species Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  8. Species Pontobdella variegata Baird, 1869
  9. Species Pontobdella vosmaeri (Apáthy, 1888)
  10. Species Pontobdella australiensis Goddard, 1909 accepted as Stibarobdella australiensis (Goddard, 1909) (Synonym)
  11. Species Pontobdella benhami Richardson, 1950 accepted as Pontobdella leucothela Schmarda, 1861 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
  12. Species Pontobdella dispar Cordero, 1937 accepted as Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
  13. Species Pontobdella japonica Vasiliev, 1939 accepted as Orientobdella japonica (Vasiliev, 1939) (Synonym)
  14. Species Pontobdella loricata Harding, 1924 accepted as Pontobdella moorei Oka, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
  15. Species Pontobdella lubrica Grube, 1840 accepted as Trachelobdella lubrica (Grube, 1840) (Synonym)
  16. Species Pontobdella planodiscus Baird, 1869 accepted as Stibarobdella planodiscus (Baird, 1869) (Synonym)
  17. Species Pontobdella rapax Verrill, 1873 accepted as Austrobdella rapax (Verrill, 1873) (Synonym)
  18. Species Pontobdella rayneri Baird, 1869 accepted as Pontobdella leucothela Schmarda, 1861 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
  19. Species Pontobdella rugosa Moore, 1938 accepted as Mooreobdellina rugosa Moore, 1938 (Synonym)
  20. Species Pontobdella taprobanensis de Silva, 1963 accepted as Stibarobdella taprobanensis (de Silva, 1963) (Synonym)
  21. Species Pontobdella tasmanica Hickman, 1946 accepted as Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861 (subjective synonym, replacement name for P. verrucosa Hickman, 1942)
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Leach, W. E. (1815). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. <em>R.P. Nodder, London.</em> 2: 1-154, pls. 61-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28685302
page(s): 9; note: as the 'sea leech' [details] OpenAccess publication
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pontobdella Leach, 1815. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116943 on 2025-09-11
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Pontobdella Leach, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116943 on 2025-09-11
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2013-04-09 01:06:46Z
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Kolb, Jürgen
2019-12-05 02:32:15Z
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Read, Geoffrey
2022-08-29 02:50:39Z
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Read, Geoffrey

original description Leach, W. E. (1815). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. <em>R.P. Nodder, London.</em> 2: 1-154, pls. 61-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28685302
page(s): 9; note: as the 'sea leech' [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925) Leigh-Sharpe, W. H. (1925). Stibarobdella superba n. g. et sp. A new ichthyobdellid leech. <em>Parasitology.</em> 17: 417-420, 3 figures. [details] 

taxonomy source Ruiz-Escobar, Fernando; Torres-Carrera, Gerardo; Islas-Villanueva, Valentina; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro. (2024). Molecular Phylogeny of the Leech Genus Pontobdella (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) with Notes on Pontobdella californiana and Pontobdella macrothela. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 110(3): 186�194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/23-122 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source van der Land, J. (2001). Hirudinea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 234-235 (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontobdella) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stibarobdella) (from synonym Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925)
To Genbank (from synonym Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925)
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stibarobdella sp. USNM 133139 lateral view) (from synonym Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stibarobdella sp. USNM 133139 lateral view) (from synonym Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 098145) 
To ITIS
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