IRMNG name details
original description
Zool. Dan. [ed. 3], 1 page(s): 21 [details]
basis of record
Aphia2006/Nemertina DB [details]
basis of record
Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]
status source
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2020 version). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org [details]
name verified source
Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]
extant flag source
Aphia2006/Nemertina DB [details]
From other sources
Taxonomic remark Listed as an invalid name (junior homonym) in ICZN Direction 76, 1957, however interpreted as as a later usage of Hirudo Linnaeus. From WoRMS: the generic name [Hirudo] was used by a number of the earlier authors for species of bdellonemerteans, which bear a superficial resemblance to leeches through their possession of a posterior ventral sucker. [details]
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