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Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861

370745 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370745)

accepted
Species
Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
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. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> 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] OpenAccess publication
Note Kingston Harbour, Jamaica  
Type locality Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370745 on 2026-08-16
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370745 on 2026-08-16
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2008-11-28 06:40:21Z
created
2013-04-04 06:12:49Z
checked
2014-06-11 01:49:19Z
changed
2022-07-31 08:35:32Z
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2023-03-14 02:13:17Z
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2024-05-16 23:36:34Z
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original description Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> 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] OpenAccess publication

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  PDF available

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00156.x
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. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 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])."
[details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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Type locality Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
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