RAMS taxon details
Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861
370745 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370745)
accepted
Species
Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (superseded subsequent combination...)
superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 6, plate 16, figure 145; note: Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
page(s): 6, plate 16, figure 145; note: Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2024) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370745 on 2025-04-02
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370745 on 2025-04-02
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Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 6, plate 16, figure 145; note: Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [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. Journal of Parasitology. 93(4): 875-83., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-979R1.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/
note: checklist listing [details]
status source Utevsky, S. Y., & Trontelj, P. (2004). Phylogenetic relationships of fish leeches (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphological data. Zoologica Scripta, 33, 375-385.
note: Treated as a Stibarobdella in a listing. This species is type species of Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 [details]
status source Ruiz-Escobar, Fernando; Torres-Carrera, Gerardo; Islas-Villanueva, Valentina; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro. (2024). Molecular Phylogeny of the Leech Genus Pontobdella (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) with Notes on Pontobdella californiana and Pontobdella macrothela. Journal of Parasitology. 110(3): 186–194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/23-122
page(s): 190, figure 6; note: New records from Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Pacific. The authors do not present a synonymy, but they say that "Records of P. macrothela and its synonyms span the tropical seas of the world (Yamauchi ...
[details] Available for editors 
page(s): 6, plate 16, figure 145; note: Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [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. Journal of Parasitology. 93(4): 875-83., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-979R1.1 [details] Available for editors

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/
note: checklist listing [details]
status source Utevsky, S. Y., & Trontelj, P. (2004). Phylogenetic relationships of fish leeches (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphological data. Zoologica Scripta, 33, 375-385.
note: Treated as a Stibarobdella in a listing. This species is type species of Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 [details]
status source Ruiz-Escobar, Fernando; Torres-Carrera, Gerardo; Islas-Villanueva, Valentina; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro. (2024). Molecular Phylogeny of the Leech Genus Pontobdella (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) with Notes on Pontobdella californiana and Pontobdella macrothela. Journal of Parasitology. 110(3): 186–194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/23-122
page(s): 190, figure 6; note: New records from Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Pacific. The authors do not present a synonymy, but they say that "Records of P. macrothela and its synonyms span the tropical seas of the world (Yamauchi ...
New records from Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Pacific. The authors do not present a synonymy, but they say that "Records of P. macrothela and its synonyms span the tropical seas of the world (Yamauchi et al., 2008 [as Stibarobdella macrothela - qv])."

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stibarobdella macrothela) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stibarobdella tasmanica) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stibarobdella tasmanica USNM 121693 dorsal view) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (30 records) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (61 records) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stibarobdella macrothela) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stibarobdella tasmanica) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stibarobdella tasmanica USNM 121693 dorsal view) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (30 records) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (61 records) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))