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

Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Helobdella*	R. Blanchard, 1896	accepted genus name
*Helobdella stagnalis*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	taxonomically included in
*Helobdella triserialis*	(E. Blanchard, 1849)	taxonomically included in

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
additional source	Edwards, F.K., Lauridsen R.B., Armand L., Vincent H.M, Jones, J.I. 2009. The relationship between length, mass and preservation time for three species of freshwater leeches (Hirudinea). Fundamental and Applied Limnology. 73(4):321-327.
additional source	Pohle, B. & Hamburger, K. 2005. Respiratory adaptations to oxygen lack in three species of Glossiphoniidae (Hirudinea) in Lake Esrom, Denmark. Limnologica. 35(1-2):78-89
redescription	Iwama, Rafael Eiji; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; De Carle, Daniellae; Manglicmot, Claire; Erséus, Christer; Miles, Na'Ta'Ne Morning-Song; Siddall, Mark E.; Kvist, Sebastian. (2019). Broad geographic sampling and DNA barcoding do not support the presence of Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Clitellata: Glossiphoniidae) in North America. Zootaxa. 4671(1): 1-25.