Placobdella siddalli

Taxonavigation

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: Glossiphoniinae
Genus: Placobdella
Species: Placobdella siddalli

Name

Placobdella siddalli Richardson & Moser in Richardson et al., 2017

Holotype: YPM 083857.

Type locality: Davis Eddy, a cypress swamp constituting an oxbow lake of the Pascagoula River in the Pascagoula River Wildlife Management Area, George County, Mississippi (30°54'11"N, 088°44'35"W).

Paratypes: YPM 083875-083876; YPM 090164-090165; USNM 1422202-1422203.

ZooBank: 9170DAD3-1657-4000-BF99-474E6DCDCB91

References

Primary references

Richardson, D.J., Moser, W.E., Hammond, C.I., Lazo-Wasem, E.A., McAllister, C.T. & Pulis, E.E. 2017. A new species of leech of the genus Placobdella (Hirudinida, Glossiphoniidae) from the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in Mississippi, USA. ZooKeys 667: 39-49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.667.10680. Reference page.

Links

Placobdella siddalli in the World Register of Marine Species

BHL bibliography
Placobdella siddalli – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Placobdella siddalli.
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