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

Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Helobdella*	Blanchard, 1896	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Hirudo stagnalis*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: skjoldbruskigle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: tweeogige bloedzuiger

Literature

basis of record	ITIS database
additional source	Pohle, B. & Hamburger, K. 2005. Respiratory adaptations to oxygen lack in three species of Glossiphoniidae (Hirudinea) in Lake Esrom, Denmark. Limnologica. 35(1-2):78-89
additional source	Edwards, F.K., Lauridsen R.B., Armand L., Vincent H.M, Jones, J.I. 2009. The relationship between length, mass and preservation time for three species of freshwater leeches (Hirudinea). Fundamental and Applied Limnology. 73(4):321-327.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (25 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Kolb, J. (2014). Helobdella stagnalis (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:160019

Prof. Dr Alessandro Minelli. Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=196050