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

Janusion scorpii (Malm, 1863)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Janusion*	Leigh-Sharpe, 1933	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Heptacyclus scorpii*	(Malm, 1863)	synonym
*Malmiana scorpii*	(Malm, 1863)	synonym
*Platybdella scorpii*	Malm, 1863	synonym

Literature

additional source	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.
source of synonymy	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
redescription	Leigh-Sharpe, W. Harold. (1933). The Hirudinea of Plymouth. Part I. Parasitology. 25(2): 255-262.