Helobdella europaea

Taxonavigation

Helobdella europaea

Taxonavigation: Rhynchobdellida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa 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
Subfamilia: Haementeriinae
Genus: Helobdella
Species: Helobdella europaea
Synonyms (2): H. papillornata – H. striata

Name

• Helobdella europaea Kutschera, 1987

References

• Christoffersen, M.L. 2009: A catalogue of Helobdella (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudinea, Glossiphoniidae), with a summary of leech diversity, from South America. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 4: 89–98.
• Kutschera, U. 1985: Beschreibung einer neuen Egelart, Helobdella striata nov. sp. (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Zoologische Jahrbücher Systematik, 112: 469–476.
• Kutschera, U. 1987: Notes on the taxonomy and biology of leeches of the genus Helobdella Blanchard 1896 (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 219: 321–323.
• Kutschera, U. 2004: The freshwater leech Helobdella europaea (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae): an invasive species from South America? Lauterbornia, 52: 153–162.
• Pfeiffer, I.; Brenig, B.; Kutschera, U. 2004: The occurrence of an Australian leech species (genus Helobdella) in German freshwater habitats as revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 33: 214–219.
• Siddall, M.E.; Borda, E. 2003: Phylogeny and revision of the leech genus Helobdella (Glossiphoniidae) based on mitochondrial gene sequences and morphological data and a special consideration of the triserialis complex. Zoologica Scripta, 32: 23–33.
• Siddall, M.E.; Budinoff, R.B. 2005: DNA-barcoding evidence for widespread introductions of a leech from the South American Helobdella triserialis complex. Conservation Genetics, 6: 467–472.