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Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava, 1966

154891  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154891)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Clitellata (Class)
  5. Hirudinea (Subclass)
  6. Euhirudinea (Infraclass)
  7. Rhynchobdellida (Order)
  8. Piscicolidae (Family)
  9. Platybdellinae (Subfamily)
  10. Heptacyclus (Genus)
  11. Heptacyclus myoxocephali (Species)
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  PDF available [request]
Status Sawyer (1986:618) suggests Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava is not adequately distinguished from the two widely...  
Status Sawyer (1986:618) suggests Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava is not adequately distinguished from the two widely distributed leeches on N Atlantic Cottidae, namely Malmiana brunnea and M. scorpii [details]
WoRMS (2024). Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava, 1966. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154891 on 2024-11-25
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2005-04-20 12:27:09Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2024-06-14 09:07:38Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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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  PDF available [request]

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) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Status Sawyer (1986:618) suggests Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava is not adequately distinguished from the two widely distributed leeches on N Atlantic Cottidae, namely Malmiana brunnea and M. scorpii [details]
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