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Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865

109016 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:109016)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Clitellata (Class)
  5. Hirudinea (Subclass)
  6. Rhynchobdellida (Order)
  7. Piscicolidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Rhynchobdellida

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  1. Genus Acipenserobdella Epshtein, 1969
  2. Genus Aestabdella Burreson, 1976
  3. Genus Alexandrobdella Bolotov, Klass, Konopleva, Bespalaya, Gofarov, Kondakov & Vikhrev, 2020
  4. Genus Ambulobdella Utevsky & Utevsky, 2018
  5. Genus Austrobdella Badham, 1916
  6. Genus Austroplatybdellina Utevsky, Utevsky, Cichocka, Santoro & Trontelj, 2023
  7. Genus Baicalobdella Dogiel & Bogolepova, 1957
  8. Genus Bathybdella Burreson, 1981
  9. Genus Bdellamaris Richardson, 1953
  10. Genus Beringbdella Caballero y Caballero, 1970
  11. Genus Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  12. Genus Brumptiana Llewellyn & Knight-Jones, 1984
  13. Genus Calliobdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
  14. Genus Caspiobdella Epshtein, 1966
  15. Genus Ceratobdella Utevsky & Gordeev, 2015
  16. Genus Cochimibdella Ruiz-Escobar, Colunga-Ramírez, Oceguera-Figueroa & Castellanos Martinez, 2025
  17. Genus Codonobdella Grube, 1873
  18. Genus Cottobdella Utevsky, 1997
  19. Genus Crangonobdella Selensky, 1914
  20. Genus Cryobdella Harding, 1922
  21. Genus Cryobdellina Brinkmann, 1948
  22. Genus Cyrillobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1933
  23. Genus Cystobranchus Diesing, 1859
  24. Genus Dolichobdella Utevsky & Chernyshev, 2013
  25. Genus Dollfusobdella Burreson & Williams, 2008
  26. Genus Galatheabdella Richardson & Meyer, 1973
  27. Genus Ganymedebdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1915
  28. Genus Glyptonotobdella Sawyer & White, 1969
  29. Genus Gonimosobdella Williams & Burreson, 2005
  30. Genus Hemibdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
  31. Genus Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939
  32. Genus Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758
  33. Genus Janusion Leigh-Sharpe, 1933
  34. Genus Johanssonia Selensky, 1914
  35. Genus Leporinabdella Burreson & Williams, 2008
  36. Genus Limnotrachelobdella Epshtein, 1968
  37. Genus Lizabdella Utevsky, 2007
  38. Genus Makarabdella Richardson, 1959
  39. Genus Marsipobdella Moore, 1952
  40. Genus Megaliobdella Meyer & Burreson, 1990
  41. Genus Mooreobdellina Epshtein, 1972
  42. Genus Mysidobdella Selensky, 1927
  43. Genus Myzobdella Leidy, 1851
  44. Genus Notobdella Benham, 1909
  45. Genus Notostomum Levinsen, 1882
  46. Genus Nototheniobdella A. Utevsky, 1993
  47. Genus Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956
  48. Genus Orientobdella Epshtein, 1962
  49. Genus Ostreobdella Oka, 1927
  50. Genus Oxytonostoma Malm, 1863
  51. Genus Phyllobdella Moore, 1939
  52. Genus Phyllobdellina Epshtein & Utevsky, 1993
  53. Genus Phyllobranchus Girard, 1851
  54. Genus Piscicola Blainville in Lamarck, 1818
  55. Genus Piscicolaria Whitman, 1889
  56. Genus Platybdella Malm, 1863
  57. Genus Pleurobdella Utevsky, 1995
  58. Genus Pontobdella Leach, 1815
  59. Genus Pontobdellina Harding, 1927
  60. Genus Pseudobranchellion Apáthy, 1890
  61. Genus Pterobdella Kaburaki, 1921
  62. Genus Pterobdellina Bennike & Bruun, 1939
  63. Genus Richardsonobdella Burreson & Dybdahl, 1989
  64. Genus Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925
  65. Genus Taimenobdella Epshtein, 1987
  66. Genus Trachelobdella Diesing, 1850
  67. Genus Trachelobdellina Moore, 1957
  68. Genus Trulliobdella Brinkmann, 1947
  69. Genus Zeylanicobdella Silva, 1963
  70. Genus Abranchus Johansson, 1896 accepted as Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956 (in part (pre-occupied))
  71. Genus Arctobdella de Silva & Kabata, 1961 accepted as Hemibdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863 (synonym)
  72. Genus Beringobdella Caballero, 1974 accepted as Beringbdella Caballero y Caballero, 1970 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  73. Genus Branchelion Siebold, 1850 accepted as Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  74. Genus Branchellia de Blainville, 1827 accepted as Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  75. Genus Branchellio de Blainville, 1829 accepted as Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  76. Genus Brancheobdellion Milne-Edwards in Lamarck, 1838 accepted as Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  77. Genus Branchiobdellion Savigny, 1822 accepted as Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  78. Genus Branchiobdellium Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  79. Genus Callobdella Blanchard, 1894 accepted as Calliobdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
  80. Genus Carcinobdella Oka, 1910 accepted as Notostomum Levinsen, 1882 (synonym)
  81. Genus Hirudo Müller, 1788 accepted as Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758 (later usage)
  82. Genus Hirundo Anonymous, 1829 accepted as Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
  83. Genus Ichthiobdella Milne-Edwards in Lamarck, 1838 (Misspelling)
  84. Genus Ichthyobdella Blainville, 1827 accepted as Myzobdella Leidy, 1851
  85. Genus Ichtiobdella Spoof, 1889 (Misspelling)
  86. Genus Ichtyobdella Örsted, 1844 accepted as Ichthyobdella Blainville, 1827 accepted as Myzobdella Leidy, 1851 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  87. Genus Icthiobdella Westwood in Blyth, 1840 (Misspelling)
  88. Genus Illinobdella Meyer, 1940 accepted as Myzobdella Leidy, 1851 (synonym)
  89. Genus Levinsenia Vasiliev, 1939 accepted as Beringbdella Caballero y Caballero, 1970 (preoccupied; junior homonym of Levinsenia Mesnil, 1897 (Polychaeta))
  90. Genus Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (synonym)
  91. Genus Moorebdellina Epshtein, 1972 accepted as Mooreobdellina Epshtein, 1972 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  92. Genus Notostoma Blanchard, 1888 accepted as Notostomobdella Moore & Meyer, 1951 accepted as Notostomum Levinsen, 1882
  93. Genus Notostomobdella Moore & Meyer, 1951 accepted as Notostomum Levinsen, 1882 (synonym)
  94. Genus Ostreodbella accepted as Ostreobdella Oka, 1927 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  95. Genus Ottonia Malm, 1874 accepted as Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (preoccupied)
  96. Genus Ottoniobdella Moore & Meyer, 1951 accepted as Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (synonym)
  97. Genus Piscicola Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Piscicola Blainville in Lamarck, 1818
  98. Genus Pisciola Fleming, 1822 (Misspelling)
  99. Genus Pisicola Dewitz, 1884 (Misspelling)
  100. Genus Platybdella Harding, 1922 accepted as Cryobdella Harding, 1922 (synonym)
  101. Genus Pondobdella Lamarck, 1838 accepted as Pontobdella Leach, 1815
  102. Genus Ponthobdella Francois, 1885 accepted as Pontobdella Leach, 1815
  103. Genus Potobdella Schmidt, 1865 accepted as Pontobdella Leach, 1815
  104. Genus Rhopalobdella Burreson & Kearn, 2000 accepted as Pterobdella Kaburaki, 1921 (synonym)
  105. Genus Sanguinothus de Silva & Burdon-Jones, 1961 accepted as Crangonobdella Selensky, 1914 (synonym)
  106. Genus Trachylobdella Goddard, 1910 accepted as Trachelobdella Diesing, 1850
  107. Genus Antarcticobdella (uncertain, unassessed)
  108. Genus Antarctobdella Dollfus, 1965 (uncertain, unassessed)
  109. Genus Australobdella (uncertain, unassessed)
  110. Genus Italobdella Bielecki, 1993 (uncertain, unassessed)
  111. Genus Pawlowskiella Bielecki, 1997 (uncertain, unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109016 on 2026-06-30
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2006-11-17 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2022-10-04 06:36:14Z
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Rees, Tony

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

taxonomy source Australian Faunal Directory (2022 version). , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home [details] 

current name source Australian Faunal Directory (2022 version). , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home [details] 

extant flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

habitat flag source Sawyer, R.T. 1986. Leech Biology and Behaviour. Volume II Feeding Biology, Ecology and Systematics. Clarendon Press: Oxford. xiv + 419-793 pp. [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Leeches, parasites of marine and freshwater fishes ((Sawyer, 1986) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]
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