MSBIAS taxon details
Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava, 1966
154891 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154891)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Srivastava, L. P. (1966). Three new leeches (Piscicolidae) from marine shore fishes (Cottidae) in British waters. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 150(3): 297-318., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1966.tb03010.x [details] Available for editors 
MSBIAS (2026). Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava, 1966. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154891 on 2026-08-16
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. Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava, 1966. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154891 on 2026-08-16
original description
Srivastava, L. P. (1966). Three new leeches (Piscicolidae) from marine shore fishes (Cottidae) in British waters. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 150(3): 297-318., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1966.tb03010.x [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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
basis of record 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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
