Biology:Glossiphonia

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Short description: Genus of annelid worms

Glossiphonia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Rhynchobdellida
Family: Glossiphoniidae
Genus: Glossiphonia
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

Wikidata ☰ Q5142907 entry