MSBIAS taxon details
Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865
2043 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2043)
accepted
Family
- Genus Branchellion Savigny, 1822
- Genus Brumptiana Llewellyn & Knight-Jones, 1984
- Genus Calliobdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
- Genus Ganymedebdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1915
- Genus Janusion Leigh-Sharpe, 1933
- Subfamily Piscicolinae Johnston, 1865
- Subfamily Platybdellinae Epshtein, 1970
- Genus Crangonobdella Selensky, 1914
- Genus Hemibdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863. Revised
- Genus Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939
- Genus Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956
- Genus Platybdella Malm, 1863
- Genus Pterobdella Kaburaki, 1921
- Genus Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (synonym)
- Genus Sanguinothus de Silva & Burdon-Jones, 1961 accepted as Crangonobdella Selensky, 1914 (subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Pontobdellinae Llewellyn, 1966
- Genus Pontobdella Leach, 1815
- Genus Pterobdellina Boisen Bennike & Bruun, 1939
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865. 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=2043 on 2026-07-10
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. Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2043 on 2026-07-10
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
db_admin
context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors 
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
basis of record Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.
page(s): 660 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
basis of record Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.
page(s): 660 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality