Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 574 meters (0 to 1,883 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
)
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
)
- Phylum:
Annelida
(
)
- Lamarck, 1809
- Segmented Worms
- Superclass:
Clitellata
(
)
- Subclass:
Euhirudinea
(
)
- Lukin, 1956
- Order:
Rhynchobdellida
(
)
- Blanchard, 1894
- Family:
Piscicolidae
(
)
- Johnston, 1865
- Subfamily:
Piscicolinae
(
)
- Genus:
Piscicola
(
)
- Lamarck, 1818
- Specific name:
geometra
- (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Scientific name: - Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Specific name:
geometra
- (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Genus:
Piscicola
(
- Subfamily:
Piscicolinae
(
- Family:
Piscicolidae
(
- Order:
Rhynchobdellida
(
- Subclass:
Euhirudinea
(
- Superclass:
Clitellata
(
- Phylum:
Annelida
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 13-Apr-2000
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Further Reading
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- A bibliography of fishes, by Bashford Dean. .. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1916-1923. url p. 418, p. 418.
- A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum, LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees1865 url p. 305, p. 338, p. 43.
- A treatise on zoology / edited by E. Ray Lankester. London: A. & C. Black, 1900-1909. url p. 328.
- A treatise on zoology London, A. and C. Black, 1900-1909 url p. 328, p. 445.
- A treatise on zoology. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1900-1909 url p. 268, p. 328.
- A zoological pocket-book: or, Synopsis of animal classification. Comprising definitions of the Phyla, classes, and orders, with explanatory remarks and tables. Tr. from the 3d German ed. by J.R. Ainsworth Davis. London, C. Griffin, 1890. url p. 63.
- Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Helsinki: Societas, 1875-1980. url p. 11, p. 12, p. 126, p. 137, p. 143, p. 25, p. 25, p. 65, p. 74.
- Anatomischer Anzeiger. Jena: G. Fischer, 1886- url p. 249.
- Anatomy of the invertebrata / by C. Th. v. Siebold. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1854. url p. 177.
- Anatomy of the invertebrata, by C. Th. v. Siebold, translated from the German with additions and notes by Waldo I. Burnett, M. D. Boston, J. Campbell, 1874. url p. 177.
- Animal parasites and messmates. By P. J. van Benden. .. With eighty-three illustrations. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1876. url p. 113.
- Animal parasites and messmates. New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1876. url .
- Aquatic life. Philadelphia: J.E. Bausman. url p. 123.
- British and Irish Salmonidae. London, Williams and Norgate, 1887. url , .
- British and Irish Salmonidæ / by Francis Day. London [etc.]Williams and Norgate, 1887. url p. 293.
- British and Irish Salmonidæ. By Francis Day. .. London [etc.]Williams and Norgate, 1887. url p. 207, p. 293.
- Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Washington, The Commission, Govt. Print. Off. url p. 341, p. 489.
- Cassell's natural history. Ed. by P. Martin Duncan. .. London [etc]Cassell & Company, Limited, 1896. url p. 242.
- Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900) Comp. by the Royal society of London. Cambridge, C. J. Clay and sons, 1867-1902; url p. 955.
- Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. url p. 955.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 384.
- Fishery leaflet / United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, url p. 210.
- General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. url p. 40.
- Handbook of zoology / by J. van der Hoeven. Cambridge: University Press, 1856-1858. url p. 228.
- International catalogue of scientific literature. LondonPublished for the International Council by the Royal Society of London1901-1920 url p. 48.
- Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. Jena, Gustav Fischer [etc.]. url p. 265, p. 364, p. 415, p. 433, p. 466, p. 802.
- Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Oxford [etc.]Royal Microscopical Society. url p. 585.
- Leeches (Hirudinea) their structure, physiology, ecology and embryology / by K.H. Mann. With an appendix on the systematics of marine leeches, by E. W. Knight-Jones. New York, Pergamon Press, 1962. url p. 109, p. 138, p. 160, p. 161, p. 179, p. 183, p. 28, p. 42, p. 56, p. 82, p. 85.
- Monitore zoologico italiano. [Siena]: Instituto anatomico della R. Università di Siena, [1890-1988] url p. 22.
- Nature. London, etc., Macmillan Journals Ltd., etc. url p. 498.
- North American freshwater leeches, exclusive of the Piscicolidae, with a key to all species Urbana, University of Illinois Press[1972] url p. 153, p. 85.
- Notes about some in Finland found species of non-parasitical worms: (Turbellaria, Discophora, et Oligochaeta fennica) / by Axel R. Spoof. Åbo: Printed for the author, 1889. url p. 14.
- Popular science monthly. New York: D. Appleton, 1872-1950. url p. 414.
- Proceedings and transactions of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London: The Society. url p. 51.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 42.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 555.
- Protected Landscapes: experience around the world. Prepared for the International Symposium on Protected Landscapes, Grange-over-Sands, England 5-10 October 1987 IUCN url p. 168.
- Protozoo?logy, New York and Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1909. url .
- Protozoology: a manual for medical men, veterinarians and zoologists / by C. M. Wenyon. New York: W. Wood, 1926. url p. 595, p. 602, p. 603, p. 644.
- Protozoölogy, by Gary N. Calkins. .. illustrated with 125 engravings and 4 colored plates. New York, Lea & Febiger, 1909. url p. 266.
- Protozoölogy. New YorkLea & Febiger1909 url p. 266.
- Quarterly journal of microscopical science. London, J. and A. Churchill [etc.] url p. 216.
- Radiation biology, edited by Alexander Hollaender with the cooperation of Austin M. Brues [and others]. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1954-56. url p. 681.
- Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 983.
- Reports on zoology for 1843, 1844 / Tr. from the German by George Busk, Alfred Tulk, esq., and Alexander H. Haliday, esq. London: Printed for the Ray society, 1847. url p. 512.
- Sea and inland fisheries: report. DublinStationery Off. url p. 10.
- Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 79.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. 62 1948 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url richardson , p. 10, p. 10, p. 121, p. 164, p. 687, p. 788.
- The Popular science monthly. New York, Popular Science Pub. Co., etc. url p. 414.
- The marine invertebrates and fishes of St. Andrews / By W. C. M'Intosh. Edinburgh: A. and C. Black; [etc., etc.]1875. url , p. 114.
- The micrographic dictionary; a guide to the examination and investigation of the structure and nature of microscopic objects, by J. W. Griffith and Arthur Henfrey. London, J. Van Voorst, 1883. url p. 370, p. 370.
- The natural history of Ireland. London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1849-56. url .
- The naturalist. London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1865- url , p. 191.
- Zoological series. Minneapolis [etc.]1892-1912. url p. 103.
- Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere Jena [Germany]:G. Fischer, c -1993. url p. 289, p. 291, p. 553, p. 565, p. 580, p. 790, p. 823.
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Historical quantitative benthos grab samples from the Southern Baltic Sea
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Histroical benthic dredge samples from the southern baltic and the North Sea
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- NLBIF: Limnodata
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Priest Pot species list, Cumbria, Britain
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Environment Agency - Environment Agency freshwater invertebrate species (single species families)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2552753
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-69307
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 5341511
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 69307
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 505683
Footnotes
- Mean = 70.850 meters (232.448 feet), Standard Deviation = 70.040 based on 13,425 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
