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

Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Branchellion Savigny, 1822
Brumptiana Llewellyn & Knight-Jones, 1984
Calliobdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
Cyrillobdella
Cystobranchus Diesing, 1859
Ganymedebdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1915
Italobdella Bielecki, 1993
Janusion Leigh-Sharpe, 1933
Johanssonia Selensky, 1914
Pawlowskiella Bielecki, 1997
Piscicolinae Johnston, 1865
Platybdellinae Epshtein, 1970
Pontobdellina Harding, 1927
Pontobdellinae Llewellyn, 1966
Pterobdellina Boisen Bennike & Bruun, 1939

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Catalan: sangonera marina sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 English: fish 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: Fischegel 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.
 Japanese: ウオビル科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Spanish, Castillian: sanguijuela marina sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 Swedish: fiskiglar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: риб'ячі п'явки

Literature

basis of record

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

basis of record

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865. 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:2043

Prof. Dr. Alessandro Minelli. Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/be81a6c9-6df2-4bee-a2c6-1a8532de6b67

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2043
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2019-03-05 by Prof. Dr. Alessandro Minelli & by Geoffrey Read

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