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Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865

109016  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:109016)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Clitellata (Class)
  5. Hirudinea (Subclass)
  6. Rhynchobdellida (Order)
  7. Piscicolidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Acipenserobdella Epstein, 1969
  2. Genus Aestabdella Burreson, 1976
  3. Genus Alexandrobdella Bolotov, Klass, Konopleva, Bespalaya, Gofarov, Kondakov & Vikhrev, 2020
  4. Genus Ambulobdella Utevsky & Utevsky, 2018
  5. Genus Austrobdella Badham, 1916
  6. Genus Austroplatybdellina Utevsky, Utevsky, Cichocka, Santoro & Trontelj, 2023
  7. Genus Baicalobdella Dogiel & Bogolepova, 1957
  8. Genus Bathybdella Burreson, 1981
  9. Genus Bdellamaris Richardson, 1953
  10. Genus Beringbdella Caballero y Caballero, 1970
  11. Genus Beringobdella Caballero, 1974
  12. Genus Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  13. Genus Brumptiana Llewellyn & Knight-Jones, 1984
  14. Genus Calliobdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
  15. Genus Caspiobdella Epshtein, 1966
  16. Genus Ceratobdella Utevsky & Gordeev, 2015
  17. Genus Cochimibdella Ruiz-Escobar, Colunga-Ramírez, Oceguera-Figueroa & Castellanos Martinez, 2025
  18. Genus Codonobdella Grube, 1873
  19. Genus Cottobdella Utevsky, 1997
  20. Genus Crangonobdella Selensky, 1914
  21. Genus Cryobdella Harding, 1922
  22. Genus Cryobdellina Brinkmann, 1948
  23. Genus Cyrillobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1933
  24. Genus Cystobranchus Diesing, 1859
  25. Genus Dolichobdella Utevsky & Chernyshev, 2013
  26. Genus Dollfusobdella Burreson & Williams, 2008
  27. Genus Galatheabdella Richardson & Meyer, 1973
  28. Genus Ganymedebdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1915
  29. Genus Glyptonotobdella Sawyer & White, 1969
  30. Genus Gonimosobdella Williams & Burreson, 2005
  31. Genus Hemibdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
  32. Genus Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939
  33. Genus Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758
  34. Genus Janusion Leigh-Sharpe, 1933
  35. Genus Johanssonia Selensky, 1914
  36. Genus Leporinabdella Burreson & Williams, 2008
  37. Genus Limnotrachelobdella Epshtein, 1968
  38. Genus Lizabdella Utevsky, 2007
  39. Genus Makarabdella Richardson, 1959
  40. Genus Marsipobdella Moore, 1952
  41. Genus Megaliobdella Meyer & Burreson, 1990
  42. Genus Moorebdellina Epshtein, 1972
  43. Genus Mooreobdellina Epshtein, 1972
  44. Genus Mysidobdella Selensky, 1927
  45. Genus Myzobdella Leidy, 1851
  46. Genus Notobdella Benham, 1909
  47. Genus Notostomum Levinsen, 1882
  48. Genus Nototheniobdella A. Utevsky, 1993
  49. Genus Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956
  50. Genus Orientobdella Epshtein, 1962
  51. Genus Ostreobdella Oka, 1927
  52. Genus Oxytonostoma Malm, 1863
  53. Genus Phyllobdella Moore, 1939
  54. Genus Phyllobdellina Epshtein & Utevsky, 1993
  55. Genus Phyllobranchus Girard, 1851
  56. Genus Piscicola Blainville, 1818
  57. Genus Piscicolaria Whitman, 1889
  58. Genus Platybdella Malm, 1863
  59. Genus Pleurobdella Utevsky, 1995
  60. Genus Pontobdella Leach, 1815
  61. Genus Pontobdellina Harding, 1927
  62. Genus Pseudobranchellion Apáthy, 1890
  63. Genus Pterobdella Kaburaki, 1921
  64. Genus Pterobdellina Bennike & Bruun, 1939
  65. Genus Richardsonobdella Burreson & Dybdahl, 1989
  66. Genus Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925
  67. Genus Taimenobdella Epshtein, 1987
  68. Genus Trachelobdella Diesing, 1850
  69. Genus Trachelobdellina Moore, 1957
  70. Genus Trulliobdella Brinkmann, 1947
  71. Genus Zeylanicobdella Silva, 1963
  72. Genus Abranchus Johansson, 1896 accepted as Oceanobdella Caballero, 1956 (in part (pre-occupied))
  73. Genus Arctobdella de Silva & Kabata, 1961 accepted as Hemibdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863 (synonym)
  74. Genus Branchelion Siebold, 1850 accepted as Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  75. Genus Branchellia de Blainville, 1827 accepted as Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  76. Genus Branchellio de Blainville, 1829 accepted as Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  77. Genus Brancheobdellion Milne-Edwards in Lamarck, 1838 accepted as Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  78. Genus Branchiobdellion Savigny, 1822 accepted as Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  79. Genus Branchiobdellium Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Branchellion Savigny, 1822
  80. Genus Callobdella Blanchard, 1894 accepted as Calliobdella van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
  81. Genus Carcinobdella Oka, 1910 accepted as Notostomum Levinsen, 1882 (synonym)
  82. Genus Hirudo Müller, 1788 accepted as Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758 (later usage)
  83. Genus Hirundo Anonymous, 1829 accepted as Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
  84. Genus Ichthiobdella Milne-Edwards in Lamarck, 1838 (Misspelling)
  85. Genus Ichthyobdella Blainville, 1827 accepted as Myzobdella Leidy, 1851
  86. Genus Ichtiobdella Spoof, 1889 (Misspelling)
  87. Genus Ichtyobdella Örsted, 1844 accepted as Ichthyobdella Blainville, 1827 accepted as Myzobdella Leidy, 1851 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  88. Genus Icthiobdella Westwood in Blyth, 1840 (Misspelling)
  89. Genus Illinobdella Meyer, 1940 accepted as Myzobdella Leidy, 1851 (synonym)
  90. Genus Levinsenia Vasiliev, 1939 accepted as Beringobdella Caballero, 1974 (preoccupied; junior homonym of Levinsenia Mesnil, 1897 (Polychaeta))
  91. Genus Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (synonym)
  92. Genus Notostoma Blanchard, 1888 accepted as Notostomobdella Moore & Meyer, 1951 accepted as Notostomum Levinsen, 1882
  93. Genus Notostomobdella Moore & Meyer, 1951 accepted as Notostomum Levinsen, 1882 (synonym)
  94. Genus Ottonia Malm, 1874 accepted as Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (preoccupied)
  95. Genus Ottoniobdella Moore & Meyer, 1951 accepted as Malmiana Strand, 1942 accepted as Heptacyclus Vasileyev, 1939 (synonym)
  96. Genus Pisciola Fleming, 1822 (Misspelling)
  97. Genus Pisicola Dewitz, 1884 (Misspelling)
  98. Genus Platybdella Harding, 1922 accepted as Cryobdella Harding, 1922 (synonym)
  99. Genus Pondobdella Lamarck, 1838 accepted as Pontobdella Leach, 1815
  100. Genus Ponthobdella Francois, 1885 accepted as Pontobdella Leach, 1815
  101. Genus Potobdella Schmidt, 1865 accepted as Pontobdella Leach, 1815
  102. Genus Rhopalobdella Burreson & Kearn, 2000 accepted as Pterobdella Kaburaki, 1921 (synonym)
  103. Genus Sanguinothus de Silva & Burdon-Jones, 1961 accepted as Crangonobdella Selensky, 1914 (synonym)
  104. Genus Trachylobdella Goddard, 1910 accepted as Trachelobdella Diesing, 1850
  105. Genus Antarcticobdella (uncertain, unassessed)
  106. Genus Antarctobdella Dollfus, 1965 (uncertain, unassessed)
  107. Genus Australobdella (uncertain, unassessed)
  108. Genus Italobdella Bielecki, 1993 (uncertain, unassessed)
  109. Genus Ostreodbella (uncertain, unassessed)
  110. Genus Pawlowskiella Bielecki, 1997 (uncertain, unassessed)
  111. Genus Piscicola Lamarck, 1818 (uncertain, unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109016 on 2026-05-07
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2006-11-17 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2022-10-04 06:36:14Z
changed
Rees, Tony

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

taxonomy source Australian Faunal Directory (2022 version). , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home [details] 

current name source Australian Faunal Directory (2022 version). , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home [details] 

extant flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

habitat flag source Sawyer, R.T. 1986. Leech Biology and Behaviour. Volume II Feeding Biology, Ecology and Systematics. Clarendon Press: Oxford. xiv + 419-793 pp. [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Leeches, parasites of marine and freshwater fishes ((Sawyer, 1986) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]
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