Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Hirudinea > Infraclass Euhirudinea > Order Arhynchobdellida > Suborder Erpobdelliformes > Family Erpobdellidae > Genus Erpobdella

Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Erpobdella*	de Blainville in Lamarck, 1818	accepted genus name
*Nephelis*	Savigny, 1822	generic synonym

Species group names

*Nephelis atomaria*	R. Blanchard, 1893	subjective synonym

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Dall, P.C. 1979. Ecology and production of the leeches Erpobdella octoculata L. and Erpobdella testacea SAV. in Lake Esrom, Denmark. Arch.Hydrobiol./Suppl. 57:188–220.
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.
additional source	Murphy, P.M. & Learner, M.A. 1982. The life history and production of the leech Erpobdella octoculata (Hirudinea Erpobdellidae) in the River Ely, South Wales. J.Anim.Ecol. 51:57–67.
additional source	Elliott, J.M. 1973. The life cycle and production of the leech Erpobdella octoculata (L.) (Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae) in a lake district stream. J.Anim.Ecol. 42:437–450.
additional source	Mann, K.H. 1953: The life history of Erpobdella octoculata (LINNAEUS, 1758). J.Anim.Ecol. 22: 199–207.
taxonomy source	Mann, K. H. (1952). A revision of the British leeches of the family Erpobdellidae, with a description of Dina lineata (O. F. Müller, 1774), a leech new to British fauna. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 122(2): 395-406.