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Branchiobdellidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Annelida
class
Clitellata
order
Branchiobdellida
family
Branchiobdellidae

Name

Synonyms
Caridinophilidae
Discodrilidae
Homonyms
Branchiobdellidae
Common names
Crayfish Worms in English
crayfish worms in English
crayfish worms in English
kräftmaskar in Swedish
Branchiobdellid Leeches in English
Kiemenegel in German
Krebsegel in German
branchiobdellid leeches in English
crayfish worms in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Brinkhurst, R.O. (1971)
  2. Gelder, S. R.; Siddall, M. E. (2001). Phylogenetic assessment of the Branchiobdellidae (Annelida, Clitellata) using 18S rDNA, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and morphological characters. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 30(3): 215-222. 10.1046/j.1463-6409.2001.00063.x
  3. Gelder, S.R. (2006). Branchiobdellidans. <em>In: Wetzel, M.J., Fend, S.V., Coates, K.A., Kathman, R.D. & Gelder, S.R. taxonomy, Systematics, and ecology of the Aquatic Oligochaeta and Branchiobdellida (Annelida, Clitellata) of North America, with emphasis on the Fauna occuring in Florida. A Workbook.</em> p161-174.
  4. Gelder, Stuart R. (1996). A review of the taxonomic nomenclature and a checklist of the species of the Branchiobdellae (Annelida: Clitellata). 109(4): 653-663. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 109(4): 653-663.
  5. Gelder, Stuart R., Nicole L. Gagnon, and Kerri Nelson, 2002: Taxonomic considerations and distribution of the Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata) of the North American continent. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 9, no. 4. 451-468.
  6. Gelder, Stuart R., and Bronwyn W. Williams / Thorp, James H., and D. Christopher Rogers, eds., 2015: Clitellata: Branchiobdellida. Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates, Vol. 1, 4th Edition. 551-563.
  7. Gelder, Stuart R., and Mark E. Siddall, 2001: Phylogenetic assessment of the Branchiobdellidae (Annelida, Clitellata) using 18S rDNA, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and morphological characters. Zoologica Scripta, vol. 30, no. 3. 215-222.
  8. Goodnight, Clarence James, 1940: The Branchiobdellidae (Oligochaeta) of North American crayfishes. Illinois Biological Monographs, vol. 17, no. 3. 1-75.
  9. Grube, A.E. (1851). Die familien der Anneliden, mit Angabe ihrer Gattungen und Arten. Ein systematischer Versuch. <em>Berlin, Nicolai'schen Buchhandlung.</em> 1-164.
  10. Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364.
  11. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2011-02-08 23:00:00) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  12. Holt, P. C., 1986: Newly established families of the order Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata) with a synopsis of the genera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 99, no. 4. 676-702.
  13. Holt, P.C. (1965). The Systematic Position or the Branchiobdellidae (Annelida: Clitellata). <em>Systematic Zoology.</em> 14: 25-32.
  14. Holt, P.C. (1986). Newly established families of the order Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata) with a synopsisof the genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(4): 676-702.
  15. Holt, P.C. 1976. Newly established families of the Order Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata) with a synopsis of the genera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99: 67
  16. Holt, P.C.; Opell, B.D. (1993). A checklist of and illustrated key to the genera and species of the central and north american Cambarincolidae (Clitellata: Branchiobdellida). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 106(2): 251-295.
  17. Ohtaka, A.; Gelder, S. R.; Peterson, S. M. (2020). A catalog and assessment of Prof. Hideji Yamaguchi's slide collection of branchiobdellidans (Annelida: Clitellata) with the identification of syntypes. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 17(1): 159-187. 10.11646/zoosymposia.17.1.14
  18. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  19. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  20. Pierantoni, Umberto. (1912). Monografia dei Discodrilidae. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Universita di Napoli.</em> (new series) 3(24):1-27, plate 5.
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