Myzobdella
| Myzobdella | |
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| Myzobdella lugubris | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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[1] | |
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Myzobdella is a genus of leeches in the family Piscicolidae. The genus name derives from two Greek words: μυζω (I suck), and βδελλα (leech).[2]
It includes the following species:[3][1]
- Myzobdella lugubris Leidy, 1851
- (= M. patzcuarensis (Cabellero, 1940))[3]
- Myzobdella platensis (Cordero, 1933)
- Myzobdella uruguayensis (Mañé-Garzón & Montero, 1977)
- ? Myzobdella reducta (Meyer, 1940)
References
- ^ a b "Myzobdella Leidy, 1851". WoRMS.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.