WoRMS taxon details
Malacobdella arrokeana Ivanov, Bigatti, Penchaszadeh & Norenburg, 2002
387865 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387865)
accepted
Species
marine
Ivanov, V. A; Bigatti, G.; Penchaszadeh, P. E.; Norenburg, J. L. (2002). <i>Malacobdella arrokeana</i> (Nemertea: Bdellonemertea), a new species of nemertean from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean entocommensal in <i>Panopea abbreviata</i> (Bivalvia, Heterodonta, Hiatellidae) in Argentina. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 115(2): 359–367., available online at http://www.macn.secyt.gov.ar/investigacion/descargas/ecologia/articulos/penchaszadeh/2002_ivanov%20et%20al.pdf, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35518722#page/369/mode/1up [details] Available for editors 
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Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Malacobdella arrokeana Ivanov, Bigatti, Penchaszadeh & Norenburg, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387865 on 2025-11-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Ivanov, V. A; Bigatti, G.; Penchaszadeh, P. E.; Norenburg, J. L. (2002). <i>Malacobdella arrokeana</i> (Nemertea: Bdellonemertea), a new species of nemertean from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean entocommensal in <i>Panopea abbreviata</i> (Bivalvia, Heterodonta, Hiatellidae) in Argentina. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 115(2): 359–367., available online at http://www.macn.secyt.gov.ar/investigacion/descargas/ecologia/articulos/penchaszadeh/2002_ivanov%20et%20al.pdf, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35518722#page/369/mode/1up [details] Available for editors [request]
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ecology source
Alfaya, J. E. F.; Galván, D. E.; Machordom, A.; Penchaszadeh, P. E.; Bigatti, G. (2015). Malacobdella arrokeana: Parasite or Commensal of the Giant ClamPanopea abbreviata?. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 32(6): 523-530., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zs150030 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Alfaya, J. E. F.; López-Márquez, V.; GarcÍa-Jiménez, R.; Fernández-Álvarez, F. A.; Bigatti, G.; Machordom, A. (2014). Development and characterization of microsatellite loci in the entocommensal Malacobdella arrokeana (Nemertea: Bdellonemertea), from Patagonia (Argentina) and crossamplification in 34 nemertean species. Conservation Genetic Resources, Unpaginated, available online at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12686-013-0029-z [details]
biology source Alfaya, J. E. F.; Tonini, M. H.; Soria, G.; Penchaszadeh, P. E.; Bigatti, G. (2020). Nemertean larval dispersion across biogeographic provinces of Southwest Atlantic. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 37(5): 450–457., available online at https://bioone.org/journals/zoological-science/volume-37/issue-5/zs200050/Nemertean-Larval-Dispersion-Across-Biogeographic-Provinces-of-Southwest-Atlantic/10.2108/zs200050.short [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Alfaya, J. E. F.; Tonini, M. H.; Soria, G.; Penchaszadeh, P. E.; Bigatti, G. (2020). Nemertean larval dispersion across biogeographic provinces of Southwest Atlantic. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 37(5): 450–457., available online at https://bioone.org/journals/zoological-science/volume-37/issue-5/zs200050/Nemertean-Larval-Dispersion-Across-Biogeographic-Provinces-of-Southwest-Atlantic/10.2108/zs200050.short [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
