Glossiphonia

Glossiphonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Rhynchobdellida
Family: Glossiphoniidae
Genus:
Johnson, 1816
Synonyms[1]
  • Boreobdella Johansson, 1929

Glossiphonia is a genus of Glossiphoniidae.[1]

The genus was described in 1816 by James Rawlins Johnson.[1]

It has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Species:

  • Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Glossiphonia concolor (Aphathy, 1888)
  • Glossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Glossiphonia lata (Oka, 1910)
  • Glossiphonia smaragdina (Oka, 1910)
  • Glossiphonia verrucata (Müller, 1844)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Glossiphonia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Glossiphonia". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 29 May 2021.