WoRMS name details
original description
Knight Jones, E. W. (1940). The occurrence of a marine leech, <i>Abranchus blennii</i> n.sp., resembling <i>A. sexoculatus</i> (Malm), in North Wales. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 24(2): 533-541., available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/CAC2C9D22FC3A970A5C54EE4433CD89A page(s): 533; note: Rhosneigyr, Anglesey, Wales, on Blennius pholis [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
status source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated but Abranchus blennii is named for its host fish, Blennius pholis [details]
Type locality Rhosneigyr, Anglesey, Wales, on Blennius pholis [details]
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