WoRMS name details
original description
Leigh-Sharpe, W. H. (1925). Stibarobdella superba n. g. et sp. A new ichthyobdellid leech. <em>Parasitology.</em> 17: 417-420, 3 figures. [details]
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 [details]
source of synonymy
Burreson, Eugene M.; Passarelli, Julianne Kalman. (2015). A New Species of <i>Pontobdella</i> (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) from California with a Redescription of the Genus <i>Pontobdella</i>. <em>Comparative Parasitology.</em> 82(2): 235-239., available online at https://doi.org/10.1654/4757.1 page(s): 236; note: synonomy under Pontobdella [details] Available for editors [request]
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From editor or global species database
Synonymy Burreson & Passarelli (2015) place Stibarobdella as a synonym of Pontobdella, stating that the three versus four annulations difference is not used for generic separation in other leeches, and that Stibarobdella spp. and Pontobdella muricata L. form a monophyletic group in molecular phylogenetic analyses [details]
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