Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Rhabditophora > Order Seriata > Suborder Proseriata > Infraorder Lithophora > Family Monocelididae > Subfamily Minoninae > Genus Ectocotyla

Ectocotyla hirudo Levinsen, 1879

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ectocotyla*	Hyman, 1944	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Coleophora hirudo*	(Levinsen, 1879)	synonym
*Ectocotyla hirudo*	(Levinsen, 1879)	synonym
*Monocelis hirudo*	Levinsen, 1879	synonym
*Monotus hirudo*	(Levinsen, 1879)	synonym

Literature

original description	Levinsen,G.M.R. (1879) Bidrag til Kundskab om Gronlands Turbellariefauna : 165-204
basis of record	Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, 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. 123-136
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Artois, T. (2014). Ectocotyla hirudo Levinsen, 1879. In: Artois, T.; Schockaert, E. & Tyler, S. (2014) World database of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia. 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:143544