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

Glossiphoniidae Vaillant, 1890

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Alboglossiphonia Lukin, 1976
Batracobdella Viguier, 1879
Batracobdelloides Oosthuizen, 1984
Glossiphonia Johnson, 1816
Helobdella R. Blanchard, 1896
Hemiclepsis Vejdovský, 1884
Placobdella R. Blanchard, 1893
Theromyzon Philippi, 1867

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: glossiphoniid leeches sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Knorpelegel; Plattegel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Swedish: broskiglar

Literature

original description	Vaillant, L. (1890). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Lombriciniens, Hirudiniens, Bdellomorphes, Térétulariens et Planariens. vol 3 parts 1 & 2. Paris, Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret [Hirudinea are in vol 3(2)].

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Glossiphoniidae Vaillant, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160008

Prof. Dr. Alessandro Minelli. Glossiphoniidae Vaillant, 1890. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/731b51be-8401-41e1-944d-461af65e0738