WoRMS name details
Arctobdella branchiarum de Silva & Kabata, 1961
116948 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116948)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Silva, P. H. D. H. de.; Kabata, Z. (1961). A new genus and species of leech parasitic on Drepanopsetta platessoides (Malm) the long rough dab. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 136(3): 331-341., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1961.tb05878.x
page(s): 332, figure 1; note: Trawled off the north-west and the south-east coasts of Iceland. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 332, figure 1; note: Trawled off the north-west and the south-east coasts of Iceland. [details] Available for editors
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Note Trawled off the north-west and the south-east...
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Type locality Trawled off the north-west and the south-east coasts of Iceland. [details]
Etymology Not stated but 'branchiarum' is evidently indicating that the leeches were on the gills of the fish. It must be a genitive...
Etymology Not stated but 'branchiarum' is evidently indicating that the leeches were on the gills of the fish. It must be a genitive plural noun in apposition ('of the gills' of the fish) and thus unchanging with genus recombinations. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Arctobdella branchiarum de Silva & Kabata, 1961. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116948 on 2024-07-17
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Silva, P. H. D. H. de.; Kabata, Z. (1961). A new genus and species of leech parasitic on Drepanopsetta platessoides (Malm) the long rough dab. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 136(3): 331-341., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1961.tb05878.x
page(s): 332, figure 1; note: Trawled off the north-west and the south-east coasts of Iceland. [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) [details]
status source Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p. [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]
page(s): 332, figure 1; note: Trawled off the north-west and the south-east coasts of Iceland. [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) [details]
status source Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p. [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 'branchiarum' is evidently indicating that the leeches were on the gills of the fish. It must be a genitive plural noun in apposition ('of the gills' of the fish) and thus unchanging with genus recombinations. [details]Type locality Trawled off the north-west and the south-east coasts of Iceland. [details]
