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

Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Abranchus Johansson, 1896 synonym

Children

Oceanobdella blennii (Knight-Jones, 1940)
Oceanobdella microstoma (Johansson, 1896)
Oceanobdella quadrioculata (Malm, 1863)
Oceanobdella sexoculata (Malm, 1863)

Literature

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.

additional source

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

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116939

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not terrestrial

Importance

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2024-07-22 by Geoffrey Read

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