Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Hirudinea > Infraclass Euhirudinea > Order Rhynchobdellida > Family Glossiphoniidae

Glossiphonia Johnson, 1816

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Boreobdella Johansson, 1929 generic synonym
Clepsine Savigny, 1822 generic synonym

Children

Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Glossiphonia concolor (Apathy, 1888)
Glossiphonia nebulosa Kalbe, 1964
Glossiphonia paludosa (Carena, 1824)
Glossiphonia pulchella Sket, 1968
Glossiphonia slovaca (Kosel, 1973)
Glossiphonia verrucata (Fr. Muller, 1844)

Literature

original description

Johnson, James Rawlins. (1816). A treatise on the medicinal leech: including its medical and natural history, with a description of its anatomical structure: also, remarks upon the diseases, preservation and management of leeches. [book]. 147 pp. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London.

basis of record

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Glossiphonia Johnson, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160016

Prof. Dr. Alessandro Minelli. Glossiphonia Johnson, 1816. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/503fa147-7519-4b30-bb10-f9dc874cf3f5

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, fresh

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160016
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:196034

Last modified

2019-08-28 by Prof. Dr. Alessandro Minelli & by Geoffrey Read

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