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  Suborder Erpobdelliformes

Family Erpobdellidae

    Genus Erpobdella -- Wisconsin!
    Genus Motobdella -- North America.
    Genus Archaeobdella
    Genus Croatobranchus
    Genus Fadejewobdella
    Genus Foraminobdella
    Genus Odontobdella
    Genus Semiscolecides
    Genus Sinobdella
    Genus Trematobdella
    Genus Trocheta

Taxon Information

The Family Erpobdellidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Erpobdellidae, [North America] (Govedich et al., 2010).
• Erpobdellidae, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental, Australasian; 69 species in 10 genera worldwide, 18 Nearctic species in 5 genera] (Sket & Trontelj, 2008).
• Erpobdellidae, [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Erpobdellidae, (Moore, 1959).

Bibliography

• Govedich, F.R., B.A. Bain, W.E. Moser, S.R. Gelder, R.W. Davies & R.O. Brinkhurst. 2010. Annelida (Clitellata): Oligochaeta, Branchiobdellida, Hirudinida, and Acanthobdellida. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 385-436.
• Sket, B. & P. Trontelj. 2008. Global diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 129-137. [Available online]
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Annelida (Polychaetes, Aeolosomatidae, aquatic oligochaetes, Branchiobdellida, leeches). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 269-325.
• Moore, J.P. 1959. Hirudinea. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 542-557.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• WikiSpecies
• World Register of Marine Species