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

Austrobdella Badham, 1916

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Austrobdella anoculata (Moore, 1940)

Literature

original description

Badham, Charles. (1916). On an Ichthyobdellid parasitic on the Australian Sand Whiting (Sillago ciliata). Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. NS 62(245): 1-44 (memoir).

basis of record

van der Land, J. (2001). Hirudinea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 234-235

basis of record

Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.

additional source

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). Austrobdella Badham, 1916. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116926

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-03-14 by Geoffrey Read

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