WoRMS taxon details
Myzobdella lugubris Leidy, 1851
160303 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160303)
accepted
Species
Ichthyobdella funduli Verrill, 1872 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Illinobdella alba Meyer, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Illinobdella elongata Meyer, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Illinobdella moorei Meyer, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Illinobdella patzcuarensis Caballero, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Illinobdella richardsoni Meyer, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Myzobdella patzcuarensis (Caballero, 1940) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Leidy, J. (1852). Helminthological Contributions No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,.</em> 5: 239–244.
page(s): 243 [details]
page(s): 243 [details]
Distribution Known North Temperate Distribution: New Jersey to Bay of Fundy; South Temperate and Tropical Distribution: Caribbean, Gulf...
Distribution Sackville Marsh in Bay of Fundy to northern Gulf of Mexico
Distribution Known North Temperate Distribution: New Jersey to Bay of Fundy; South Temperate and Tropical Distribution: Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico to South Carolina. [details]
Distribution Sackville Marsh in Bay of Fundy to northern Gulf of Mexico
Distribution Sackville Marsh in Bay of Fundy to northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
WoRMS (2024). Myzobdella lugubris Leidy, 1851. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160303 on 2024-11-16
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original description
Leidy, J. (1852). Helminthological Contributions No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,.</em> 5: 239–244.
page(s): 243 [details]
original description (of Illinobdella moorei Meyer, 1940) Meyer, Marvin C. (1940). A revision of the leeches (Piscicolidae) living on freshwater fishes of North America. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59: 354-76., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3222552
page(s): 370, figure 3; note: Taken in Illinois from Polyodon spathula (Walbaum), Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) and Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque from the Rock and Illinois Rivers, from Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill), Fall ...
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original description (of Ichthyobdella funduli Verrill, 1872) Verrill, A. E. (1872). Descriptions of North American fresh-water Leeches [Art. XIX. Brief Contributions to Zoology from the Museum of Yale College. No. XVll.]. <em>The American journal of science and arts.</em> (series 3) 3(13): 126-139., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36995314
page(s): 126; note: West River [details]
original description (of Illinobdella alba Meyer, 1940) Meyer, Marvin C. (1940). A revision of the leeches (Piscicolidae) living on freshwater fishes of North America. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59: 354-76., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3222552
page(s): 367, figure 7; note: Illinois, on freshwater fishes. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Illinobdella patzcuarensis Caballero, 1940) Caballero, Eduardo yC. (1940). Prospecto Biologico Del Lago De Patzcuaro. Sanguijuelas del Lago de Pátzcuaro y descripción de una nueva especie, Illinobdella patzcuarensis. [Hirudineos de Mexico] XIV. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.</em> 11(2):449-464., available online at https://anales.ib.unam.mx/index.php?journal=anales&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=427
page(s): 452, figures1-5; note: Lago Patzcuaro, Mich. Mexico [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Illinobdella richardsoni Meyer, 1940) Meyer, Marvin C. (1940). A revision of the leeches (Piscicolidae) living on freshwater fishes of North America. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59: 354-76., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3222552
page(s): 369, figure 4; note: Taken from the Sangamon and Rock Rivers in Illinois from Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Illinobdella elongata Meyer, 1940) Meyer, Marvin C. (1940). A revision of the leeches (Piscicolidae) living on freshwater fishes of North America. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59: 354-76., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3222552
page(s): 368, figure 5; note: Taken in Illinois (Rock River) from Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque. [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Torres-Carrera, Gerardo; Velázquez-Urrieta, Yanet; Santacruz, Ana. (2024). Not that many leech species after all: Myzobdella lugubris and Myzobdella patzcuarensis (Annelida: Hirudinida) are the same species. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 101(3): 38 :1-11., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11230-024-10160-5
page(s): 6 of 11, photo figure 2; note: new specimens from Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz parasitizing the pectoral fin of Vieja sp. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Burreson, E. M. (2009). Marine Leeches (Hirudinida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 789–792 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Bruce, A. Daniels & Sawyer, Roy T. (1975). The Biology of the Leech Myzobdella lugubris Infesting Blue Crabs and Catfish. Biological Bulletin, 148(2), pp. 193-198. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 243 [details]
original description (of Illinobdella moorei Meyer, 1940) Meyer, Marvin C. (1940). A revision of the leeches (Piscicolidae) living on freshwater fishes of North America. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59: 354-76., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3222552
page(s): 370, figure 3; note: Taken in Illinois from Polyodon spathula (Walbaum), Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) and Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque from the Rock and Illinois Rivers, from Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill), Fall ...
Taken in Illinois from Polyodon spathula (Walbaum), Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) and Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque from the Rock and Illinois Rivers, from Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill), Fall Lake at Winton, Minnesota and from Eupomotis gibbosus (Linnaeus), the Mississippi River at Guttenberg, Iowa.
[request]original description (of Ichthyobdella funduli Verrill, 1872) Verrill, A. E. (1872). Descriptions of North American fresh-water Leeches [Art. XIX. Brief Contributions to Zoology from the Museum of Yale College. No. XVll.]. <em>The American journal of science and arts.</em> (series 3) 3(13): 126-139., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36995314
page(s): 126; note: West River [details]
original description (of Illinobdella alba Meyer, 1940) Meyer, Marvin C. (1940). A revision of the leeches (Piscicolidae) living on freshwater fishes of North America. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59: 354-76., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3222552
page(s): 367, figure 7; note: Illinois, on freshwater fishes. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Illinobdella patzcuarensis Caballero, 1940) Caballero, Eduardo yC. (1940). Prospecto Biologico Del Lago De Patzcuaro. Sanguijuelas del Lago de Pátzcuaro y descripción de una nueva especie, Illinobdella patzcuarensis. [Hirudineos de Mexico] XIV. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.</em> 11(2):449-464., available online at https://anales.ib.unam.mx/index.php?journal=anales&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=427
page(s): 452, figures1-5; note: Lago Patzcuaro, Mich. Mexico [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Illinobdella richardsoni Meyer, 1940) Meyer, Marvin C. (1940). A revision of the leeches (Piscicolidae) living on freshwater fishes of North America. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59: 354-76., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3222552
page(s): 369, figure 4; note: Taken from the Sangamon and Rock Rivers in Illinois from Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Illinobdella elongata Meyer, 1940) Meyer, Marvin C. (1940). A revision of the leeches (Piscicolidae) living on freshwater fishes of North America. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 59: 354-76., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3222552
page(s): 368, figure 5; note: Taken in Illinois (Rock River) from Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque. [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Torres-Carrera, Gerardo; Velázquez-Urrieta, Yanet; Santacruz, Ana. (2024). Not that many leech species after all: Myzobdella lugubris and Myzobdella patzcuarensis (Annelida: Hirudinida) are the same species. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 101(3): 38 :1-11., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11230-024-10160-5
page(s): 6 of 11, photo figure 2; note: new specimens from Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz parasitizing the pectoral fin of Vieja sp. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Burreson, E. M. (2009). Marine Leeches (Hirudinida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 789–792 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Bruce, A. Daniels & Sawyer, Roy T. (1975). The Biology of the Leech Myzobdella lugubris Infesting Blue Crabs and Catfish. Biological Bulletin, 148(2), pp. 193-198. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology parasites on blue crabs and catfish [details]Distribution Known North Temperate Distribution: New Jersey to Bay of Fundy; South Temperate and Tropical Distribution: Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico to South Carolina. [details]
Habitat brackish and freshwater parasite of various fishes, blue crab, shrimp [details]
Synonymy Torres-Carrera et al (2024) list the following synonyms of Myzobdella lugubris but appear to not know how to present authority names so that the taxonomic history is understandable (ie their repeated mention of 'funduli' names with different authors) :"Ichthyobdella funduli Verrill, 1872; Piscicola funduli Pratt, 1935; Illinobdella alba Meyer, 1940; I. elongata Meyer, 1940; I. richardsoni Meyer, 1940; I. moorei Meyer, 1940; Myzobdella lubrigis Pearse, 1948; M. funduli Moore, 1952; M. moorei Meyer & Moore, 1954; Ichthyobdella rapax Wass, 1972; Myzobdella patzcuarensis (Caballero, 1940)" [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Sackville Marsh in Bay of Fundy to northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Illinobdella moorei Meyer, 1940)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myzobdella lugubris)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ WRM 42538 Myzobdella lugubris Leidy dorsal at 9x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (37 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Illinobdella moorei Meyer, 1940)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myzobdella lugubris)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ WRM 42538 Myzobdella lugubris Leidy dorsal at 9x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (37 records)
To ITIS
