WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Rhopalobdella japonica (Burreson & Kearn, 2000)

AphiaID

765195 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:765195)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted Name

Pterobdella amara Kaburaki, 1921

Rank

Species

Parent

Rhopalobdella Burreson & Kearn, 2000 accepted as Pterobdella Kaburaki, 1921

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Burreson, E. M. & G. C. Kearn. 2000. Rhopalobdella japonica n. gen., n. sp. (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) from Dasyatis akajei (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatididae)in the northwestern Pacific. Journal of Parasitology 86: 696-699. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Rhopalobdella japonica (Burreson & Kearn, 2000). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765195 on 2024-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-06-11 01:49:19Z

created

Kolb, Jürgen

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description Burreson, E. M. & G. C. Kearn. 2000. Rhopalobdella japonica n. gen., n. sp. (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) from Dasyatis akajei (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatididae)in the northwestern Pacific. Journal of Parasitology 86: 696-699. [details]

basis of record Burreson, E. M. 2006. A redescription of the fish leech Pterobdella amara (=Rhopalobdella japonica) (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) based on specimens from the type locality in India and from Australia. Journal of Parasitology 9(2): 677-681. [details]

additional source Furiness, Sharon; Williams, Julianne I.; Nagasawa, Kazuya; Burreson, Eugene M. (2007). A collection of fish leeches (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) from Japan and surrounding waters, including redescriptions of three species. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 93(4): 875-83., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-979R1.1 [details] Available for editors