MSBIAS taxon details
Oceanobdella blennii (Knight-Jones, 1940)
116975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116975)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
(of ) Knight Jones, E. W. (1940). The occurrence of a marine leech, <i>Abranchus blennii</i> n.sp., resembling <i>A. sexoculatus</i> (Malm), in North Wales. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 24(2): 533-541., available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/CAC2C9D22FC3A970A5C54EE4433CD89A
page(s): 533; note: Rhosneigyr, Anglesey, Wales, on Blennius pholis [details] Available for editors
page(s): 533; note: Rhosneigyr, Anglesey, Wales, on Blennius pholis [details] Available for editors
MSBIAS (2026). Oceanobdella blennii (Knight-Jones, 1940). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116975 on 2026-09-14
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Oceanobdella blennii (Knight-Jones, 1940). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116975 on 2026-09-14
original description
(of ) Knight Jones, E. W. (1940). The occurrence of a marine leech, <i>Abranchus blennii</i> n.sp., resembling <i>A. sexoculatus</i> (Malm), in North Wales. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 24(2): 533-541., available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/CAC2C9D22FC3A970A5C54EE4433CD89A
page(s): 533; note: Rhosneigyr, Anglesey, Wales, on Blennius pholis [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p. [details]
additional 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): 533; note: Rhosneigyr, Anglesey, Wales, on Blennius pholis [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p. [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
