WoRMS taxon details
Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861
370745 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370745)
accepted
Species
Pentabdella dispar (Cordero, 1937) · unaccepted > superseded combination (supersed subsequent combination...)
supersed subsequent combination of subjective synonym
Pontobdella bimaculata Oka, 1910 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pontobdella dispar Cordero, 1937 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Pontobdella tasmanica Hickman, 1946 · unaccepted (subjective synonym, replacement...)
subjective synonym, replacement name for P. verrucosa Hickman, 1942
Pontobdella verrucosa Hickman, 1942 · unaccepted > junior homonym (replaced (by P tasmanica) junior...)
replaced (by P tasmanica) junior primary homonym, subjective synonym
Stibarobdella bimaculata (Oka, 1910) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (supersed subsequent combination...)
supersed subsequent combination of subjective synonym
Stibarobdella dispar (Cordero, 1937) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (supersed subsequent combination...)
supersed subsequent combination of subjective synonym
Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (superseded subsequent combination...)
superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 6, plate 16, figure 145; note: Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
page(s): 6, plate 16, figure 145; note: Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
Note Kingston Harbour, Jamaica
Type locality Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pontobdella macrothela Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370745 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 6, plate 16, figure 145; note: Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
original description (of Stibarobdella bimaculata (Oka, 1910)) Oka, Asajiro. (1910). Synopsis der Japanischen Hirudineen, mit Diagnosen der Neuen Species. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 7: 165-183., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44477565 [details]
original description (of Pontobdella dispar Cordero, 1937) Cordero, E. H. (1937). Hirudineos neotropicales y subantarticos nuevos criticos o ya conocidos del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales. <em>Anales del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia".</em> 39 (4): 1-77. [details]
original description (of Pontobdella tasmanica Hickman, 1946) Hickman, V. V. (1946). Pontobdella tasmanica nom. nov. (Hirudinea). <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> (year 1946): 27-27., available online at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13495/
page(s): 27; note: replacement name for Pontobdella verrucosa Hickman, 1942, junior primary homonym [details]
original description (of Pontobdella bimaculata Oka, 1910) Oka, Asajiro. (1910). Synopsis der Japanischen Hirudineen, mit Diagnosen der Neuen Species. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 7: 165-183., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44477565
page(s): 171, no figures; note: Hondo, Sagami coast [details]
original description (of Pontobdella verrucosa Hickman, 1942) Hickman, V. V. (1942). A New Ichthyobdellid leech and its egg-capsules. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> (year 1941): 41-43, plates 5-6., available online at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13306/
page(s): 41; note: Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 6, plate 16, figure 145; note: Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
original description (of Stibarobdella bimaculata (Oka, 1910)) Oka, Asajiro. (1910). Synopsis der Japanischen Hirudineen, mit Diagnosen der Neuen Species. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 7: 165-183., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44477565 [details]
original description (of Pontobdella dispar Cordero, 1937) Cordero, E. H. (1937). Hirudineos neotropicales y subantarticos nuevos criticos o ya conocidos del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales. <em>Anales del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia".</em> 39 (4): 1-77. [details]
original description (of Pontobdella tasmanica Hickman, 1946) Hickman, V. V. (1946). Pontobdella tasmanica nom. nov. (Hirudinea). <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> (year 1946): 27-27., available online at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13495/
page(s): 27; note: replacement name for Pontobdella verrucosa Hickman, 1942, junior primary homonym [details]
original description (of Pontobdella bimaculata Oka, 1910) Oka, Asajiro. (1910). Synopsis der Japanischen Hirudineen, mit Diagnosen der Neuen Species. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 7: 165-183., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44477565
page(s): 171, no figures; note: Hondo, Sagami coast [details]
original description (of Pontobdella verrucosa Hickman, 1942) Hickman, V. V. (1942). A New Ichthyobdellid leech and its egg-capsules. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> (year 1941): 41-43, plates 5-6., available online at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13306/
page(s): 41; note: Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
status source
Utevsky, S. Y., & Trontelj, P. (2004). Phylogenetic relationships of fish leeches (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphological data. Zoologica Scripta, 33, 375-385.
note: Treated as a Stibarobdella in a listing. This species is type species of Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 [details]
status source Ruiz-Escobar, Fernando; Torres-Carrera, Gerardo; Islas-Villanueva, Valentina; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro. (2024). Molecular Phylogeny of the Leech Genus Pontobdella (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) with Notes on Pontobdella californiana and Pontobdella macrothela. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 110(3): 186–194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/23-122
page(s): 190, figure 6; note: New records from Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Pacific. The authors do not present a synonymy, but they say that "Records of P. macrothela and its synonyms span the tropical seas of the world (Yamauchi ...
[details] Available for editors [request]
note: Treated as a Stibarobdella in a listing. This species is type species of Stibarobdella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 [details]
status source Ruiz-Escobar, Fernando; Torres-Carrera, Gerardo; Islas-Villanueva, Valentina; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro. (2024). Molecular Phylogeny of the Leech Genus Pontobdella (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) with Notes on Pontobdella californiana and Pontobdella macrothela. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 110(3): 186–194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/23-122
page(s): 190, figure 6; note: New records from Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Pacific. The authors do not present a synonymy, but they say that "Records of P. macrothela and its synonyms span the tropical seas of the world (Yamauchi ...
New records from Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Pacific. The authors do not present a synonymy, but they say that "Records of P. macrothela and its synonyms span the tropical seas of the world (Yamauchi et al., 2008 [as Stibarobdella macrothela - qv])."
[request]Other
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/
note: checklist listing [details]
additional source Furiness, Sharon; Williams, Julianne I.; Nagasawa, Kazuya; Burreson, Eugene M. (2007). A collection of fish leeches (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) from Japan and surrounding waters, including redescriptions of three species. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 93(4): 875-83., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-979R1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
note: checklist listing [details]
additional source Furiness, Sharon; Williams, Julianne I.; Nagasawa, Kazuya; Burreson, Eugene M. (2007). A collection of fish leeches (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) from Japan and surrounding waters, including redescriptions of three species. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 93(4): 875-83., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-979R1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Kingston Harbour, Jamaica [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アカメウミビル [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stibarobdella macrothela) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stibarobdella tasmanica) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stibarobdella tasmanica USNM 121693 dorsal view) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (10 records) (from synonym Stibarobdella bimaculata (Oka, 1910))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (30 records) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (61 records) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stibarobdella macrothela) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stibarobdella tasmanica) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stibarobdella tasmanica USNM 121693 dorsal view) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (10 records) (from synonym Stibarobdella bimaculata (Oka, 1910))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (30 records) (from synonym Stibarobdella tasmanica (Hickman, 1942))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (61 records) (from synonym Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861))
