Salifidae

Taxonavigation

Barbronia weberi

Taxonavigation: Erpobdelliformes
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: Arhynchobdellida Subordo: Erpobdelliformes

Familia: Salifidae
Genera (4): Barbronia – Linta – Mimobdella – Salifa

Name

• Salifidae Johansson, 1910
  • Type genus: Salifa Blanchard, 1897

Synonyms

• Trematobdellidae Johansson, 1913
  • Type genus: Trematobdella Johannson, 1928 [=Salifa Blanchard, 1897]
  • NOTE: check publication dates!

References

• Nakano, T. 2011: Holotype redescription of Mimobdella japonica (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdelliformes) and taxonomic status of the genus Mimobdella. ZooKeys, 119: 1–10. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.119.1501
• Westergren, S.; Siddall, M.E. 2004: Two new species of salifid leeches (Arhynchobdellida: Erpobdelliformes: Salifidae) from South Africa and Madagascar. American Museum novitates, (3456): 1–6. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2004)456<0001:TNSOSL>2.0.CO;2 PDF

Links

• Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist [needs work, only has a record of one species, Barbronia weberi, harvested from NZIB/NZOR]
• EoL [needs work, only has a record of one species, Barbronia weberi, harvested from NZIB/NZOR]
• GBIF NUB [Lumbricobdella appears to be misplaced here]

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