MSBIAS taxon details
Histriobdella homari van Beneden, 1858
130200 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130200)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
van Beneden, Pierre-Joseph. (1858). Histoire naturelle d'un animal nouveau, désigné sous le nom d'<i>Histriobdella</i>. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 2me Série. 5: 270-303, 1 plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36899638
page(s): 273-291, 300, 1 plate figs. 1-14 [details]
page(s): 273-291, 300, 1 plate figs. 1-14 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Histriobdella homari van Beneden, 1858. Accessed through: 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 at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130200 on 2026-09-16
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. Histriobdella homari van Beneden, 1858. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130200 on 2026-09-16
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van Beneden, Pierre-Joseph. (1858). Histoire naturelle d'un animal nouveau, désigné sous le nom d'<i>Histriobdella</i>. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 2me Série. 5: 270-303, 1 plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36899638
page(s): 273-291, 300, 1 plate figs. 1-14 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Tauber, P. (1879). Annulata Danica. En Kritisk Revision af de i Danmark Fundne Annulata Chaetognatha, Gephyrea, Balanoglossi, Discophoreae, Oligochaeta, Gymnocopa og Polychaeta. <em>Reitzel. K benhavn.</em> 1-143. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 65 [details]
biology source Brattey, John; Campbell, Alan. (1985). Occurrence of <i>Histriobdella homari</i> (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the American lobster in the Canadian Maritimes. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 63(2): 392-395., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z85-059 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 273-291, 300, 1 plate figs. 1-14 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Tauber, P. (1879). Annulata Danica. En Kritisk Revision af de i Danmark Fundne Annulata Chaetognatha, Gephyrea, Balanoglossi, Discophoreae, Oligochaeta, Gymnocopa og Polychaeta. <em>Reitzel. K benhavn.</em> 1-143. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 65 [details]
biology source Brattey, John; Campbell, Alan. (1985). Occurrence of <i>Histriobdella homari</i> (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the American lobster in the Canadian Maritimes. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 63(2): 392-395., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z85-059 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Histriobdella homari)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 072341)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Histriobdella homari)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 072341)
To ITIS
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