Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Hirudinea > Infraclass Euhirudinea > Order Arhynchobdellida > Suborder Erpobdelliformes

Erpobdellidae Moore, 1908

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Archaeobdella Grimm, 1876
Barbronia R. Blanchard, 1897
Croatobranchus Kerovec, Kucinic & Jalzic, 1999
Dina R. Blanchard, 1892
Erpobdella de Blainville in Lamarck, 1818
Fadejewobdella Lukin, 1962
Trocheta Dutrochet, 1817

Literature

original description

Moore, J. Percy. (1908). The leeches of Lake Amatitlan. In "The Zoology of Lakes Amatitlan and Atitlan, Guatemala, with Special Reference to Ichthyology" by Seth Eugene Meek. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum. Zoology. 7: 199-201.

taxonomy source

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

taxonomy source

Blanchard, Raphael. (1894). Hirudinées de l'Italie continentale et insulaire. Bollettino dei musei di zoologia ed anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino. 9(192): 1-81.

taxonomy source

Moore, J. Percy. (1901). The Hirudinea of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. 5: 479-547.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Erpobdellidae Moore, 1908. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160005

Prof. Dr. Alessandro Minelli. Erpobdellidae Moore, 1908. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/efb05145-fcad-4fff-92c0-c53b77916c6b

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160005
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:11272

Last modified

2019-10-10 by Prof. Dr. Alessandro Minelli & by Geoffrey Read

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