WoRMS source details
Acanthobdella livanowi (Epshtein, 1966) (basis of record)
Acanthobdellida (taxonomy source)
Aestabdella Burreson, 1976 accepted as Pterobdella Kaburaki, 1921 (additional source)
Aestabdella abditovesiculata (Moore, 1952) accepted as Pterobdella abditovesiculata (Moore, 1952) (additional source)
Aestabdella caeca (Kaburaki, 1921) (basis of record)
Aestabdella platycephali (Ingram, 1957) accepted as Pterobdella platycephali (Ingram, 1957) (additional source)
Alboglossiphonia australiensis (Goddard, 1908) (status source)
Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761) (status source)
Alboglossiphonia inflexa (Goddard, 1908) (status source)
Alboglossiphonia intermedia (Goddard, 1909) (status source)
Alboglossiphonia masoni Sawyer, 1986 (original description)
Alboglossiphonia tasmaniensis (Ingram, 1957) (status source)
Amicibdella Richardson, 1974 accepted as Chtonobdella Grube, 1866 (source of synonymy)
Arctobdella branchiarum de Silva & Kabata, 1961 accepted as Hemibdella branchiarum (de Silva & Kabata, 1961) (status source)
Arhynchobdellida (additional source)
Austrobdella Badham, 1916 (basis of record)
Austrobdella anoculata (Moore, 1940) (status source)
Austrobdella bilobata (Ingram, 1957) (additional source)
Austrobdella californica (Burreson, 1977) (additional source)
Barbronia arcana (Richardson, 1970) (new combination reference)
Bathybdella Burreson, 1981 (basis of record)
Batracobdelloides Oosthuizen in Sawyer, 1986 (original description)
Beringobdella Caballero, 1974 (additional source)
Beringobdella rectangulata (Levinsen, 1881) (additional source)
Boreobdella Johansson, 1929 accepted as Glossiphonia Johnson, 1816 (status source)
Carcinobdella Oka, 1910 accepted as Notostomum Levinsen, 1882 (additional source)
Caspiobdella fadejewi (Epshtein, 1961) (status source)
Chtonobdella bilineata (Richardson, 1975) (new combination reference)
Chtonobdella nigra (Richardson, 1974) (new combination reference)
Crangonobdella achmerovi (Borovitzkaia, 1949) accepted as Platybdella fabricii Malm, 1863 (additional source)
Crangonobdella murmanica Selensky, 1914 accepted as Platybdella fabricii Malm, 1863 (additional source)
Cryobdella chilensis (Moore, 1940) (additional source)
Cryobdella patagonica (Ringuelet, 1945) (status source)
Erpobdellidae Moore, 1908 (taxonomy source)
Euhirudinea (basis of record)
Glyptonotobdella Sawyer & White, 1969 (additional source)
Glyptonotobdella antarctica (Sawyer & White, 1969) (additional source)
Haemopis grandis (Verrill, 1874) (status source)
Hemibdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863. Revised (additional source)
Hemibdella branchiarum (de Silva & Kabata, 1961) (new combination reference)
Hemibdella rapax (Verrill, 1873) (additional source)
Hemibdella soleae (van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) (additional source)
Heptacyclus virgatus (Oka, 1910) (additional source)
Hirudinariinae Sawyer, 1986 (original description)
Hirudinea (additional source)
Hirudiniformes (basis of record)
Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
Ichthyobdella Blainville, 1827 (additional source)
Limnatis (Poecilobdella) Blanchard, 1893 accepted as Poecilobdella Blanchard, 1893 (status source)
Limnotrachelobdella amurensis (Epshtein, 1964) accepted as Taimenobdella amurensis (Epshtein, 1964) (basis of record)
Limnotrachelobdella okae (Moore, 1924) (basis of record)
Limnotrachelobdella sinensis (Blanchard, 1896) (basis of record)
Macrobdellinae Richardson, 1969 (status source)
Makarabdella Richardson, 1959 (basis of record)
Makarabdella manteri Richardson, 1959 accepted as Bdellamaris manteri (Richardson, 1959) (additional source)
Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (additional source)
Malmiana nuda (Richardson, 1970) accepted as Malmiana brunnea (Johansson, 1896) accepted as Heptacyclus brunneus (Johansson, 1896) (source of synonymy)
Malmiana philotherma (Sawayer, Lawler & Overstreet, 1975) accepted as Janusion philotherma (Sawayer, Lawler & Overstreet, 1975) (additional source)
Malmiana virida (Burreson, 1977) accepted as Janusion virida (Burreson, 1977) (additional source)
Marsipobdella Moore, 1952 (additional source)
Marsipobdella sacculata Moore, 1952 (additional source)
Micobdella Richardson, 1974 accepted as Chtonobdella Grube, 1866 (source of synonymy)
Mooreobdellina Epshtein, 1972 (basis of record)
Mysidobdella Selensky, 1927 (additional source)
Mysidobdella borealis (Johansson, 1898) (basis of record)
Mysidobdella oculata Selensky, 1927 accepted as Mysidobdella borealis (Johansson, 1898) (basis of record)
Myzobdella Leidy, 1851 (additional source)
Notobdella Benham, 1909 (additional source)
Notobdella nototheniae Benham, 1909 (additional source)
Notostomobdella Moore & Meyer, 1951 accepted as Notostomum Levinsen, 1882 (additional source)
Notostomobdella cyclostoma (Johansson, 1898) accepted as Notostomum cyclostomum (Johansson, 1898) (additional source)
Notostomum laeve Levinsen, 1882 (additional source)
Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956 (additional source)
Oceanobdella blennii (Knight-Jones, 1940) (additional source)
Oceanobdella microstoma (Johansson, 1896) (additional source)
Oceanobdella pallida Burreson, 1977 (additional source)
Oceanobdella sexoculata (Malm, 1863) (basis of record)
Oligoclepsis Oka, 1935 accepted as Torix Blanchard, 1893 (source of synonymy)
Ostreobdella papillata Burreson, 1977 (additional source)
Ottoniobdella Moore & Meyer, 1951 accepted as Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (source of synonymy)
Oxyptychus antellarum (Moore, 1901) (status source)
Oxytonostoma typica Malm, 1863 (basis of record)
Ozobranchus Quatrefages, 1852 (additional source)
Phyllobdella Moore, 1939 (basis of record)
Phyllobdella maculata Moore, 1939 (additional source)
Piscicola Blainville, 1818 (additional source)
Piscicola elegans (Blanchard, 1896) accepted as Limnotrachelobdella okae (Moore, 1924) (basis of record)
Piscicolaria Whitman, 1889 (basis of record)
Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865 (basis of record)
Placobdella multilineata Moore, 1953 (status source)
Placobdelloides Sawyer, 1986 (original description)
Placobdelloides bancrofti (Best, 1931) (new combination reference)
Placobdelloides jaegerskioeldi (Johansson, 1909) (new combination reference)
Placobdelloides maorica (Benham, 1907) (new combination reference)
Platybdella Malm, 1863 (basis of record)
Platybdella buccalis (Nigrelli, 1946) accepted as Oceanobdella sexoculata (Malm, 1863) (source of synonymy)
Platybdella inexpectata (Ringuelet, 1981) (additional source)
Platybdella pinnarum (de Silva & Burdon-Jones, 1961) (new combination reference)
Arctic Ocean for Mysidobdella borealis (Johansson, 1898)
Arctic Ocean for Notostomum Levinsen, 1882
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone for Austrobdella translucens Badham, 1916
California for Marsipobdella sacculata Moore, 1952
Celtic Sea for Oceanobdella blennii (Knight-Jones, 1940)
Chile for Cryobdella chilensis (Moore, 1940) (doubtful)
China for Limnotrachelobdella sinensis (Blanchard, 1896)
East Pacific for Bathybdella sawyeri (Burreson, 1981)
Equatorial zone for Trachelobdella lubrica (Grube, 1840)
Hawaii for Aestabdella Burreson, 1976
Hawaii for Aestabdella abditovesiculata (Moore, 1952)
Japan for Trachelobdella sinensis (Blanchard, 1896)
Mediterranean Sea for Hemibdella soleae (van Beneden & Hesse, 1863)
Mexico for Myzobdella patzcuarensis (Caballero, 1940)
New South Wales for Austrobdella translucens Badham, 1916
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone for Makarabdella manteri Richardson, 1959
North America for Myzobdella lugubris Leidy, 1851
North Atlantic for Malmiana brunnea (Johansson, 1896)
North Atlantic for Malmiana nuda (Richardson, 1970)
North Atlantic for Malmiana scorpii (Malm, 1863)
North Atlantic for Platybdella anarrhichae (Diesing, 1859)
North East Atlantic for Hemibdella soleae (van Beneden & Hesse, 1863)
North East Pacific for Malmiana virida (Burreson, 1977)
North Greenland for Austrobdella anoculata (Moore, 1940)
North Pacific for Beringobdella Caballero, 1974
North Pacific for Beringobdella rectangulata (Levinsen, 1881)
North Pacific for Malmiana brunnea (Johansson, 1896)
North Pacific for Malmiana nuda (Richardson, 1970)
North Pacific for Malmiana scorpii (Malm, 1863)
North Pacific for Notostomum cyclostomum (Johansson, 1898)
North Pacific for Ostreobdella Oka, 1927
North West Pacific for Heptacyclus virgatus (Oka, 1910)
South America for Myzobdella platensis (Cordero, 1933)
South America for Myzobdella uruguayensis (Mañé-Garzón & Montero, 1977)
South California for Austrobdella californica (Burreson, 1977)
South Orkney Island for Glyptonotobdella antarctica (Sawyer & White, 1969)
Subantarctic New Zealand for Notobdella nototheniae Benham, 1909
Tasmania for Aestabdella platycephali (Ingram, 1957)
Tasmania for Austrobdella bilobata (Ingram, 1957)
Victoria (Australian state) for Austrobdella bilobata (Ingram, 1957)
Western Australia (state) for Cryobdella michaelseni (Johansson, 1911) (doubtful)
Western United States for Aestabdella Burreson, 1976
Western United States for Aestabdella abditovesiculata (Moore, 1952)
Western United States for Ostreobdella papillata Burreson, 1977
acanthobdellids are permanent parasites of cold-water fish, especially salmonids and thymallids; Acanthobdella ... [details]
congenitor to Cryobdella levigata [details]
congenitor to Cryobdella levigata [details]
Argentina and Sandwich Islands (Ringuelet, R.A. (1972). Algunos hirudineos del Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de ... [details]
congenitor Platybdella inexpectata ? [details]
n. comb. Iceland [details]
permanent parasites on teleosts; in brackish water associated with crabs onto which it deposits cocoon [details]
congenitor to Myzobdella lugubris [details]
congenitor to Myzobdella lugubris [details]
congenitor to Myzobdella lugubris [details]
congenitor to Notostomum laeve [details]
apparently allied to brackish water species of Calliobdella [details]
congenitor to Platybdella anarrhichae [details]
congenitor to Platybdella anarrhichae [details]
congenitor to Platybdella anarrhichae [details]
Sawyer (1986: 659) enigmatically created "Alboglossiphonia masoni" as a listing only "new name" for the New Zealand ... [details]
This genus is clearly authored chiefly by Sawyer, and the work in which it will be found is that of Sawyers'. It ... [details]
Blanchard (1894: 51) used Herpobdellidae, apparently naming it for the first time, and Herpobdella. These are ... [details]
endemic to Lake Baikal (Epstein 1973; Lukin 1976) [details]
Antarctic type species permanently associated with and apparently feeding on giant isopod Glyptonotus antarcticus [details]
congenitor of Hemibdella soleae [details]
strictly freshwater species, normally found on carp, inside gill-cover [details]
type species parasitic in gill chamber of monkfish Leptoscopus sp. [details]
type species parasitic on Neomysis americanus and Mysis spp. [details]
type species parasitic on Neomysis americanus and Mysis spp. [details]
Host Notothenia microlepidota. Benham stated "from the skin of Notothenia microlepidota [details]
type species parasitic on Raia radiata (Selensky 1915, erroneously as Johanssonia arctica: Epshtein 1968), Sawyer p.669 [details]
permanent parasites of freshwater turtle, Geoclemys reevesii [details]
type species parasitic on teleost Barbus tropidolepis [details]
known vector for Trypanosoma raiae to skate host Raia spp; type species parasitic on skates Raia and rays Torpedo [details]
appears confined to Kamchatka Peninsula in extreme eastern Siberia [details]
Galapagos Rift, east Pacific in deep water to 2447 m [details]
east Africa to east coast Indian Ocean [details]
once from western and southern Europe to the Ural mountains and the countries bordering the northeastern ... [details]
uncommon to rare in temperate Europe from Britain to Altai Mountains in south-western Siberia (Sawyer, p. 716) [details]
Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico [details]
large, often over 100 mm; Arctic and adjacent areas [details]
typically permanent parasites on elasmobranchs, marine (Sawyer, 1986, p.669) [details]
Sawyer gives a brief diagnosis but no rationale or comparisons justifying creating a new genus. It is assumed to ... [details]
typically a small pond with muddy substrate and edged with littoral vegetation (Sawyer, 1986, p. 573) [details]
Junior homonym to Abranchus both in Boïé 1824 (mollusca) and Harlan 1825 (reptilia), thus replaced by junior ... [details]
Sawyer (1986: 663) changed the spelling to P. pinnara as if the original pinnarum was an gender variable suffix ... [details]
Sawyer (1986:618) suggests Heptacyclus myoxocephali Srivastava is not adequately distinguished from the two widely ... [details]
Now known as distinct but previously placed by most as a synonym of Hirudo medicinalis, for example as late as in ... [details]
Soós (1969) lists Boreobdella as valid, but later Sawyer (1986: 712) treats it as a synonym of Glossiphonia, as do ... [details]
congenitor to Acanthobdella peledina (Grube, 1851) [details]