Erpobdella maoriana

Taxonavigation

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: Erpobdellidae
Genus: Erpobdella
Species: Erpobdella maoriana

Name

• Erpobdella maoriana (Mason, 1976)
  • Original combination: Dina maoriana
  • Current combination authority: Siddall, 2002: 4 ('comb. nov.')
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated and presumably unique
    • Description:
    • Repository: VUW
  • Type locality: 'Opihi River, South Canterbury, New Zealand'

References

• Mason, J. 1976: Studies on the freshwater and terrestrial leeches of New Zealand. 2. Orders Gnathobdelliformes and Pharyngobdelliformes. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 6(3): 255–276. BUGZ
• Siddall, M.E. 2002: Phylogeny of the leech family Erpobdellidae (Hirudinida: Oligochaeta). Invertebrate systematics, 16(1): 1–6. DOI: 10.1071/IT01011 PDF