Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Hirudinea > Infraclass Euhirudinea > Order Rhynchobdellida > Family Piscicolidae > Genus Piscicola

Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Piscicolade Blainville, 1818accepted genus name

Species group names

Hirudo geometra Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: fiskeigle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: visbloedzuiger; vissenbloedzuiger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: pijawka rybia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: fiskigel

Literature

basis of record

van der Land, J. (2001). Hirudinea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 234-235

additional source

Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

additional source

UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Bio Diversity Heritage Library logo
Taxon found in 261 publications.

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (171 publications)
GenBank (13 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116980

Prof. Dr Alessandro Minelli. Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=196102

Image

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116980
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:196102

Last modified

2008-11-28 by Prof. Dr Alessandro Minelli & by Jacob van der Land

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