Barbronia

Taxonavigation

Barbronia weberi

Taxonavigation: Erpobdelliformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Annelida Classis: Clitellata Subclassis: Hirudinea Infraclassis: Euhirudinea Ordo: Arhynchobdellida Subordo: Erpobdelliformes

Familia: Salifidae
Genus: Barbronia
Species: ?B. arcana – B. assiuti – B. delicata – B. formosana – B. gwalagwalensis – B. nepalensis – B. shillongensis – B. weberi – B. yunnanensis – B. zhejiangica

Name

• Barbronia Johansson, 1918

Synonyms

• ?Vivabdella Richardson, 1971
  • Type species: Vivabdella arcana Richardson, 1971
    • Fixation: original designation

References

• El-Shimy, N.A. 1996: Revision of the genus Barbronia Johansson, 1918 (Hirudinea: Erpobdelliformes: Barbronidae) in Egypt. Zoology in the Middle East, 12: 99–104. [not seen]
• Richardson, L.R. 1971: A new Australian Dineta/Barbronia-like leech and related matters, (Hirudinoides: ? Erpobdellidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 95: 215–220. [not seen]
• Westergren, S.; Siddall, M.E. 2004: Two new species of salifid leeches (Arhynchobdellida: Erpobdelliformes: Salifidae) from South Africa and Madagascar. American Museum novitates, (3456): 1–6. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2004)456<0001:TNSOSL>2.0.CO;2 PDF

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Australian Faunal Directory (Barbronia)
• Australian Faunal Directory (Vivabdella)
• Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist [needs work, only has a record of one species, Barbronia weberi, harvested from NZIB/NZOR]
• EoL [needs work, only has a record of one species, Barbronia weberi, harvested from NZIB/NZOR]