MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Oceanobdella quadrioculata (Malm, 1863)

ERMS taxon details

Oceanobdella quadrioculata (Malm, 1863)

AphiaID

370648 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370648)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956

Original name

Platybdella quadrioculata Malm, 1863

Synonymised names

Platybdella quadrioculata Malm, 1863 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Platybdella quadrioculata Malm, 1863) Malm, A. W. (1863). Svenska Iglar, Disciferae, afbildade efter lefvande examplar och beskrifna [Swedish Leeches, Disciferae, illustrated after living specimens and described]. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps-och Vitterhets-samhället Handlingar. 8: 151-259 + index + plates 3-5., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=4fyovoG7AmcC&source=gbs_navlinks_s
page(s): 223; note: on gill cover of a Labrus maculatus [details]

Taxonomic citation

NARMS (2025). Oceanobdella quadrioculata (Malm, 1863). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=370648 on 2025-05-30

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Oceanobdella quadrioculata (Malm, 1863). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370648 on 2025-05-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-11-28 06:40:21Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-06-02 21:37:09Z

checked

Kolb, Jürgen

2023-03-25 08:29:01Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Platybdella quadrioculata Malm, 1863) Malm, A. W. (1863). Svenska Iglar, Disciferae, afbildade efter lefvande examplar och beskrifna [Swedish Leeches, Disciferae, illustrated after living specimens and described]. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps-och Vitterhets-samhället Handlingar. 8: 151-259 + index + plates 3-5., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=4fyovoG7AmcC&source=gbs_navlinks_s
page(s): 223; note: on gill cover of a Labrus maculatus [details]

basis of record Karlsbakk, E. (2005). Occurrence of leeches (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) on some marine fishes in Norway. Marine Biology Research. 1(2): 140-148., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000510019105 [details]

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]