Desserobdella picta

Desserobdella picta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhynchobdellida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Annelida Classis: Clitellata Subclassis: Hirudinea Infraclassis: Euhirudinea Ordo: Rhynchobdellida

Familia: Glossiphoniidae
Genus: Desserobdella
Species: Desserobdella picta

Name

Desserobdella picta (Verrill, 1872)

• Type: Lectotype YPM IZ 000286.AN [see Barta & Sawyer, 1990]
• Type locality USA; Connecticut; New Haven County; Hamden; Whitneyville Lake

Synonyms (1)

• Clepsine picta Verrill, 1872 (original combination)

References

Primary references

• 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.]. The American journal of science and arts. ser. 3(13): 126-139. BHL Reference page.  [see page 128, as Clepsine picta]

Additional references

• Barta, J.R. & Roy T. Sawyer 1990: Definition of a new genus of glossiphoniid leech and a redescription of the type species, Clepsine picta Verrill, 1872. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 68(9): 1942–1950, DOI: 10.1139/z90-273 . Reference page.