WoRMS taxon details
Notobdella Benham, 1909
370583 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370583)
accepted
Genus
Notobdella nototheniae Benham, 1909 (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Benham, William B. (1909). Preliminary report on two Hirudinea from the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. <em>[Book section].</em> p. 373-376 In. C. Chilton (ed.) The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12187914 [details] 
Etymology Not stated. Assumed to be a compound formed from the genus of host fish, Notothenia, combined with -bdella, Greek for leech
Taxonomic remark Sawyer (1986: 667) states "inadequately distinguished from Trulliobdella which as far as known it closely resembles". This...
Taxonomy monotypic: Notobdella nototheniae (Benham, 1909)
Etymology Not stated. Assumed to be a compound formed from the genus of host fish, Notothenia, combined with -bdella, Greek for leech [details]
Taxonomic remark Sawyer (1986: 667) states "inadequately distinguished from Trulliobdella which as far as known it closely resembles". This...
Taxonomic remark Sawyer (1986: 667) states "inadequately distinguished from Trulliobdella which as far as known it closely resembles". This is a strange remark by Sawyer as Trulliobdella Brinkman, 1947 is junior to Notobdella by some thirty years. Clearly Benham's name has priority, and Sawyer's comment should have been made under Trulliobdella with the names reversed. Benham had compared Notobdella to Trachelobdella, and intended the name to be provisional, pending further study [details]
Taxonomy monotypic: Notobdella nototheniae (Benham, 1909)
Taxonomy monotypic: Notobdella nototheniae (Benham, 1909) [details]
WoRMS (2025). Notobdella Benham, 1909. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370583 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Benham, William B. (1909). Preliminary report on two Hirudinea from the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. <em>[Book section].</em> p. 373-376 In. C. Chilton (ed.) The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12187914 [details]
Other
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p. [details]
additional source Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p. [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology Host Notothenia microlepidota. Benham stated "from the skin of Notothenia microlepidota [details]Etymology Not stated. Assumed to be a compound formed from the genus of host fish, Notothenia, combined with -bdella, Greek for leech [details]
Habitat marine [details]
Taxonomic remark Sawyer (1986: 667) states "inadequately distinguished from Trulliobdella which as far as known it closely resembles". This is a strange remark by Sawyer as Trulliobdella Brinkman, 1947 is junior to Notobdella by some thirty years. Clearly Benham's name has priority, and Sawyer's comment should have been made under Trulliobdella with the names reversed. Benham had compared Notobdella to Trachelobdella, and intended the name to be provisional, pending further study [details]
Taxonomy monotypic: Notobdella nototheniae (Benham, 1909) [details]
