WoRMS taxon details
Janusion Leigh-Sharpe, 1933
116933 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116933)
accepted
Genus
Platybdella scorpii Malm, 1863 accepted as Janusion scorpii (Malm, 1863) (type by monotypy)
- Species Janusion bubali (Srivastava, 1966)
- Species Janusion diminuta (Burreson, 1977)
- Species Janusion nuda (Richardson, 1970)
- Species Janusion philotherma (Sawayer, Lawler & Overstreet, 1975)
- Species Janusion scorpii (Malm, 1863)
- Species Janusion stellata (Moore, 1958)
- Species Janusion virida (Burreson, 1977)
- Species Janusion brunnea (Johansson, 1929) accepted as Heptacyclus brunneus (Johansson, 1896)
- Species Janusion yorki (Srivastava, 1966) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Leigh-Sharpe, W. Harold. (1933). The Hirudinea of Plymouth. Part I. <em>Parasitology.</em> 25(2): 255-262., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000019417
page(s): 256 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 256 [details] Available for editors [request]
Etymology Author: Janusion is named after "the two-faced Janus [which] would possess four eyes". The type species Janusuion scorpii...
Etymology Author: Janusion is named after "the two-faced Janus [which] would possess four eyes". The type species Janusuion scorpii has two pairs of eyes. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Janusion Leigh-Sharpe, 1933. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116933 on 2024-09-06
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Leigh-Sharpe, W. Harold. (1933). The Hirudinea of Plymouth. Part I. <em>Parasitology.</em> 25(2): 255-262., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000019417
page(s): 256 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
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]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
page(s): 256 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
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]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Author: Janusion is named after "the two-faced Janus [which] would possess four eyes". The type species Janusuion scorpii has two pairs of eyes. [details]