Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

WoRMS taxon details

Glossiphonia Johnson, 1816

AphiaID

160016 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160016)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon of

Glossiphoniidae Vaillant, 1890

Parent

Glossiphoniidae Vaillant, 1890

Original name

Glossiphonia Johnson, 1816

Synonymised names

Boreobdella Johansson, 1929 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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Species Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Glossiphonia concolor (Apathy, 1888)
Species Glossiphonia smaragdina Oka, 1910
Species Glossiphonia verrucata (Müller, 1844)
Species Glossiphonia australiensis Goddard, 1908 accepted as Alboglossiphonia australiensis (Goddard, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
Species Glossiphonia disjuncta Moore, 1939 accepted as BatracobdelIa disjuncta (Moore, 1939) (superseded original combination)
Species Glossiphonia elongata Castle, 1900 accepted as Gloiobdella elongata (Castle, 1900) (superseded original combination)
Species Glossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761) accepted as Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
Species Glossiphonia inflexa Goddard, 1908 accepted as Alboglossiphonia inflexa (Goddard, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
Species Glossiphonia intermedia Goddard, 1909 accepted as Alboglossiphonia intermedia (Goddard, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Glossiphonia lata Oka, 1910 accepted as Alboglossiphonia lata (Oka, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
Species Glossiphonia papillosa (Braun, 1805) accepted as Alboglossiphonia papillosa (Braun, 1805) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
Species Glossiphonia rudis Baird, 1869 accepted as Theromyzon rude (Baird, 1869) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Glossiphonia tasmaniensis Ingram, 1957 accepted as Alboglossiphonia tasmaniensis (Ingram, 1957) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, fresh

Original description

Johnson, James Rawlins. (1816). A treatise on the medicinal leech: including its medical and natural history, with a description of its anatomical structure: also, remarks upon the diseases, preservation and management of leeches. [book]. 147 pp. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/193786
page(s): 25; note: for Glossiphonia tuberculata formerly G. complanata [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Glossiphonia Johnson, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160016 on 2024-10-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-30 09:27:08Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2019-08-28 02:13:28Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description Johnson, James Rawlins. (1816). A treatise on the medicinal leech: including its medical and natural history, with a description of its anatomical structure: also, remarks upon the diseases, preservation and management of leeches. [book]. 147 pp. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/193786
page(s): 25; note: for Glossiphonia tuberculata formerly G. complanata [details]

original description (of Boreobdella Johansson, 1929) Johansson, Ludwig. (1929). Hirudinea (Egel). In: Dahl, F. (ed). Würmer oder Vermes, I: Oligochaeta – Hirudinea – Sipunculidea und Echiuridea,. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile, Gustav-Fischer-Verlag, Jena. 15: ?-?.
page(s): 144; note: not seen [details]

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]