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

Oceanobdella blennii (Knight-Jones, 1940)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

OceanobdellaCaballero, 1956accepted genus name
Abranchus Johansson, 1896 synonym

Species group names

Abranchus blenni Knight-Jones, 1940 junior homonym

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

van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

additional source

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

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Oceanobdella blennii (Knight-Jones, 1940). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116975

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2014-06-02 by Jürgen Kolb

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