original description
Burreson, Eugene M. (1976). Aestabdella gen. n. (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae) for Johanssonia abditovesiculata Moore 1952 and Ichthyobdella platycephali Ingram 1957. <em>The Journal of Parasitology.</em> 62(5): 789-792., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3278962
page(s): 789; note: New combination for Johanssonia abditovesiculata [details]
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source
Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p. [details]
source of synonymy
Williams, Julianne I.; Burreson, Eugene M. (2006). Phylogeny of the fish leeches Oligochaeta, Hirudinida, Piscicolidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes and morphology. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 35(6): 627-639., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00246.x
note: synonymy to Pterobdella [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Biology host diverse teleosts [details]
Distribution warmer parts of Pacific [details]
Etymology Aestabdella combines bdella f, Greek for leech, with Latin Aestas (summer), presumably because the leech appeared only in the summer, and was no longer found in the Central Oregon coast by the end of October [details]
Habitat marine [details]