Myzobdella

Myzobdella
Myzobdella lugubris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Rhynchobdellida
Family: Piscicolidae
Genus: Myzobdella
Leidy, 1851
Type species
Myzobdella lugubris
Synonyms
  • Illinobdella Meyer, 1940

Myzobdella is a genus of leeches in the family Piscicolidae. The genus name derives from two Greek words: μυζω (I suck), and βδελλα (leech).

It includes the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 "Myzobdella Leidy, 1851". WoRMS.
  2. ↑ Leidy, Joseph; Cassin, John (1850). "August 26th; Helminthological Contributions; No. 3; Descriptions of New Species of Birds of the Family Laniadæ, Specimens of Which Are in the Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5: 239–254. ISSN 0097-3157.
  3. 1 2 Torres-Carrera, Gerardo; Velázquez-Urrieta, Yanet; Santacruz, Ana (2024). "Not that many leech species after all: Myzobdella lugubris and Myzobdella patzcuarensis (Annelida: Hirudinida) are the same species" (PDF). Systematic Parasitology. 101 (3). doi:10.1007/s11230-024-10160-5. ISSN 0165-5752. PMC 11068668. PMID 38702587.