Silva, P. H. D. H. de.; Kabata, Z. (1961). A new genus and species of leech parasitic on Drepanopsetta platessoides (Malm) the long rough dab. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 136(3): 331-341., available online athttps://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1961.tb05878.x page(s): 332, figure 1; note: Trawled off the north-west and the south-east coasts of Iceland. [details] Available for editors [request]
Note Trawled off the north-west and the south-east...
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Type locality Trawled off the north-west and the south-east coasts of Iceland. [details]
Etymology Not stated but 'branchiarum' is evidently indicating that the leeches were on the gills of the fish. It must be a genitive...
Etymology Not stated but 'branchiarum' is evidently indicating that the leeches were on the gills of the fish. It must be a genitive plural noun in apposition ('of the gills' of the fish) and thus unchanging with genus recombinations. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Arctobdella branchiarum de Silva & Kabata, 1961. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116948 on 2025-04-09
original descriptionSilva, P. H. D. H. de.; Kabata, Z. (1961). A new genus and species of leech parasitic on Drepanopsetta platessoides (Malm) the long rough dab. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 136(3): 331-341., available online athttps://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1961.tb05878.x page(s): 332, figure 1; note: Trawled off the north-west and the south-east coasts of Iceland. [details] Available for editors [request]
Taxonomy
status sourceSawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.[details]
additional sourcevan der Land, J. (2001). Hirudinea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 234-235 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Etymology Not stated but 'branchiarum' is evidently indicating that the leeches were on the gills of the fish. It must be a genitive plural noun in apposition ('of the gills' of the fish) and thus unchanging with genus recombinations. [details] Type locality Trawled off the north-west and the south-east coasts of Iceland. [details]
