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    The Piscicolidae are a family of jawless leeches in the order Rhynchobdellida that are parasitic on fish. They occur in both freshwater and seawater, have...
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    feed largely on mammals, including humans. A distinctive family is the Piscicolidae, marine or freshwater ectoparasites chiefly of fish, with cylindrical...
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    the young. They feed on both vertebrate and invertebrate animals. The Piscicolidae occur in both freshwater and seawater, have cylindrical bodies, and a...
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    Trachelobdella lubrica is a species of marine leech in the family Piscicolidae. It is a parasite of fish and has a worldwide distribution in the equatorial...
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    Pontobdella muricata is a species of marine leech in the family Piscicolidae. It is a parasite of fishes and is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean...
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    Piscicola geometra is a species of leech in the family Piscicolidae. It is an external parasite of marine, brackish and freshwater fishes. It was first...
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    freshwater fish leeches (Oligochaeta: Hirudinida ; Piscicolidae) and molecular phylogeny of the family Piscicolidae (PhD thesis). Williamsburg: College of William...
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  • Hemibdella soleae is a marine species of leech in the family Piscicolidae and the type taxon of its genus. Found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, it...
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    Rhynchobdellida Family Glossiphoniidae Family Ozobranchidae (disputed) Family Piscicolidae Family †Plumulitidae Family †Turrilepadidae Family †Lepidocoleidae Class...
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  • Cystobranchus is a monotypic genus of annelids belonging to the family Piscicolidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America....
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    Piscicola is a genus of leeches belonging to the family Piscicolidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America. Species: Piscicola...
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  • Dendrocoelida 5 Mayflies, Alderflies, Leeches Water mites Baetidae, Sialidae, Piscicolidae 4 Snails, Cockles, Leeches, Hog louse Valvatidae, Hydrobiidae, Lymnaeidae...
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    "Marine leech, Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae), parasitic on the whaler shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus (Gunther, 1870)...
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  • Italobdella is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Piscicolidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe. Species: Italobdella ciosi Bielecki...
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  • Caspiobdella is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Piscicolidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe. Species: Caspiobdella caspica...
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  • Pawlowskiella is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Piscicolidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe. Species: Pawlowskiella stenosa...
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    fish leech Pterobdella amara (=Rhopalobdella japonica) (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) based on specimens from the type locality in India and from Australia"...
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    (August 20, 2008). "Stibarobdella macrothela (Annelida, Hirudinida, Piscicolidae) from Elasmobranchs in Japanese Waters, with New Host Records". Biogeography...
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    fish leech Pterobdella amara (=Rhopalobdella japonica) (Hirundinida: Piscicolidae) based on specimens from the type locality in Indian and from Australia"...
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    Calliobdella is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Piscicolidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America. Species:...
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    marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774) Theromyzon tessulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774) Piscicolidae Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1758) Caspiobdella fadejewi (Epstein, 1961)...
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    This is a list of the Annelida recorded from Ireland. In Ireland the number of species is: Class Polychaeta 404 species Class Clitellata Subclass Oligochaeta...
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    (2003). "Pontobdella muricata and Trachelobdella lubrica (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae) on some marine fish in the Dardanelles, Turkey" (PDF). Journal of the...
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    (2006). "Morphological variability of Bathybdella sawyeri (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) from hydrothermal vents on the Galápagos Rift and the South East Pacific...
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    (August 20, 2008). "Stibarobdella macrothela (Annelida, Hirudinida, Piscicolidae) from Elasmobranchs in Japanese Waters, with New Host Records". Biogeography...
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  • (Hirudinoidea) genera of the World, with a catalogue of the species. I. Family: Piscicolidae; II. Families: Semiscolecidae, Trematobdellidae, Americobdellidae, Diestecostomatidae;...
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    "An intrauterine leech infection: Branchellion lobata Moore, 1952 (Piscicolidae) in the Pacific angel shark (Squatina californica) from California"....
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    (August 20, 2008). "Stibarobdella macrothela (Annelida, Hirudinida, Piscicolidae) from elasmobranchs in Japanese waters, with new host records". Biogeography...
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    1874), (TMNP MPA). (Lüderitz to Mozambique) Order Rhynchobdellida Family Piscicolidae Warty leech, Pontobdella sp. (Cape Peninsula to Algoa Bay) Order Echiuroidea...
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