IRMNG taxon details
original description
Amer. J. Sci., (3) 3 page(s): 135 [details]
basis of record
Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]
basis of record
SN2000/Apakupakul et al., 1999 [details]
additional source
Siddall, M. E. (2002). Phylogeny of the leech family Erpobdellidae (Hirudinida : Oligochaeta). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 16(1): 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it01011 note: as synonym of Erpobdella, however refer note [details]
name verified source
Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]
current name source
CoL 2006 [details]
current name source
Quijada-Rodriguez, A. R.; Treberg, J. R.; Weihrauch, D. (2015). Mechanism of ammonia excretion in the freshwater leech Nephelopsis obscura: characterization of a primitive Rh protein and effects of high environmental ammonia. <em>American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.</em> 309(6): R692-R705., available online at https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00482.2014 [details]
extant flag source
SN2000/Apakupakul et al., 1999 [details]
habitat flag source
Sawyer, R. T. (1986). Leech Biology and Behaviour: Feeding Biology, Ecology, and Systematics. Clarendon Press, 1,065 pp. [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark Status unclear: synonymised with Erpobdella by Siddall, 2002, the latter treatment followed by some subsequent authors, however others e.g. Quijada-Rodriguez et al., 2015 maintain as an accepted genus. [details]
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