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

Genbank

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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

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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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