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WoRMS taxon details
original description
Leigh-Sharpe, W. Harold. (1933). The Hirudinea of Plymouth. Part I. <em>Parasitology.</em> 25(2): 255-262., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000019417
page(s): 258, figures 3-5; note: Stoke Point, Plymouth, on the dorsal surface of the pelvic fin of a Raia clavata [details] Available for editors  [request]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (2001). Hirudinea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 234-235 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
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 [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not explicitly stated but Branchellion borealis appears to have been named after its northern occurrence, in contrast to the southern occurrence of Branchellion australis previously described by Leigh-Sharpe from southern Australia in 1916. [details]
Type locality Stoke Point, Plymouth, Devon, England, on the dorsal surface of the pelvic fin of a Raia clavata [details]
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