WoRMS taxon details
original description
Burreson, Eugene M. (1977). Oceanobdella pallida n. sp. (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae) from the English sole, Parophrys vetulus, in Oregon. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 96(4):526-530., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3225671 page(s): 526, figures 1-5; note: On host Parophrys vetulus, 5 km west of Newport Oregon, North America [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source
Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p. [details]
additional source
Utevsky, Serge Y. (2009). A new marine fish leech species of the genus Oceanobdella (Clitellata, Piscicolidae) from coastal waters of Sakhalin Island. <em>Acta Parasitologica.</em> 54(4): 350-354., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.2478/s11686-009-0047-x [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. Oceanobdella is assumed to be named for its relative lack of pigmentation. It is described as "body color white (unpigmented) with faint reddish- brown segmental transverse bands" [details]
Habitat marine [details]
Type locality On host Parophrys vetulus, 5 km west of Newport Oregon, North America [details]
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