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

Branchellion borealis Leigh-Sharpe, 1933

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

BranchellionSavigny, 1822accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Leigh-Sharpe, W. Harold. (1933). The Hirudinea of Plymouth. Part I. Parasitology. 25(2): 255-262.

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

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. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Branchellion borealis Leigh-Sharpe, 1933. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116951

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine

Importance

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2004-12-21 by Jacob van der Land

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