IRMNG - Pontobdella Leach, 1815

IRMNG taxon details

Pontobdella Leach, 1815

IRMNG_ID

1291910 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1291910)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865

Synonymised names

Pondobdella Lamarck, 1838 · unaccepted

Ponthobdella Francois, 1885 · unaccepted

Potobdella Schmidt, 1865 · unaccepted

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Species Pontobdella aculeata Harding, 1924
Species Pontobdella afra Baird, 1869
Species Pontobdella australiensis Goddard, 1909
Species Pontobdella benhami Richardson, 1950
Species Pontobdella biannulata Moore, 1957
Species Pontobdella dispar Cordero, 1938
Species Pontobdella leucothela
Species Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861
Species Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pontobdella rayneri Baird, 1869
Species Pontobdella rugosa Moore, 1938
Species Pontobdella tasmanica Hickamn, 1942
Species Pontobdella variegata Baird, 1869
Species Pontobdella vosmaeri (Apáthy, 1888)
Species Pontobdella japonica Vasiliev, 1939 accepted as Orientobdella japonica (Vasiliev, 1939)
Species Pontobdella loricata Harding, 1924 accepted as Stibarobdella loricata (Harding, 1924)
Species Pontobdella lubrica Grube, 1840 accepted as Trachelobdella lubrica (Grube, 1840)
Species Pontobdella moorei Oka, 1910 accepted as Stibarobdella moorei (Oka, 1910)
Species Pontobdella planodiscus Baird, 1869 accepted as Stibarobdella planodiscus (Baird, 1869)
Species Pontobdella rapax Verrill, 1873 accepted as Austrobdella rapax (Verrill, 1873)
Species Pontobdella taprobanensis de Silva, 1963 accepted as Stibarobdella taprobanensis (de Silva, 1963)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Leach, W. E. (1815). The zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. Volume 2. Nodder, London, United Kingdom, 154 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91182
page(s): 9 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Pontobdella Leach, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1291910 on 2025-04-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-12-12 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Wilson, Robin

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Sources (12)
Links (1)

original description Leach, W. E. (1815). The zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. Volume 2. Nodder, London, United Kingdom, 154 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91182
page(s): 9 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Brusca & Brusca, 1990 [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]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [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]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Brusca & Brusca, 1990 [details]

habitat flag source Sawyer, R. T. (1986). Leech Biology and Behaviour: Feeding Biology, Ecology, and Systematics. Clarendon Press, 1,065 pp. [details]

original description (of Ponthobdella Francois, 1885) Contr. Hirud.
page(s): 15 [details]

original description (of Potobdella Schmidt, 1865) Handb. vergl. Anat., ed. 5
page(s): 118 [details]

original description (of Pondobdella Lamarck, 1838) Hist. An. s. Vert., ed. 2, 5
page(s): 525 [details]

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