WoRMS taxon details
Branchellion borealis Leigh-Sharpe, 1933
116951 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116951)
accepted
Species
marine
Leigh-Sharpe, W. Harold. (1933). The Hirudinea of Plymouth. Part I. <em>Parasitology.</em> 25(2): 255-262., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000019417
page(s): 258, figures 3-5; note: Stoke Point, Plymouth, on the dorsal surface of the pelvic fin of a Raia clavata [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 258, figures 3-5; note: Stoke Point, Plymouth, on the dorsal surface of the pelvic fin of a Raia clavata [details] Available for editors
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Note Stoke Point, Plymouth, Devon, England, on the...
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Type locality Stoke Point, Plymouth, Devon, England, on the dorsal surface of the pelvic fin of a Raia clavata [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated but Branchellion borealis appears to have been named after its northern occurrence, in contrast to...
Etymology Not explicitly stated but Branchellion borealis appears to have been named after its northern occurrence, in contrast to the southern occurrence of Branchellion australis previously described by Leigh-Sharpe from southern Australia in 1916. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Branchellion borealis Leigh-Sharpe, 1933. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116951 on 2024-11-21
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Leigh-Sharpe, W. Harold. (1933). The Hirudinea of Plymouth. Part I. <em>Parasitology.</em> 25(2): 255-262., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000019417
page(s): 258, figures 3-5; note: Stoke Point, Plymouth, on the dorsal surface of the pelvic fin of a Raia clavata [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Hirudinea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 234-235 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 258, figures 3-5; note: Stoke Point, Plymouth, on the dorsal surface of the pelvic fin of a Raia clavata [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Hirudinea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 234-235 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not explicitly stated but Branchellion borealis appears to have been named after its northern occurrence, in contrast to the southern occurrence of Branchellion australis previously described by Leigh-Sharpe from southern Australia in 1916. [details]Type locality Stoke Point, Plymouth, Devon, England, on the dorsal surface of the pelvic fin of a Raia clavata [details]
