Blanchard, Raphael. (1893). Courtes notices sur les Hirudinées. X. — Hirudinées de l'Europe boréale. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 18: 92-98., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099457 page(s): 93; note: new genus Placobdella [details]
Traits (2021). Placobdella Blanchard, 1893. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160287 on 2024-05-04
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024). Marine Species Traits. Placobdella Blanchard, 1893. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160287 on 2024-05-04
original descriptionBlanchard, Raphael. (1893). Courtes notices sur les Hirudinées. X. — Hirudinées de l'Europe boréale. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 18: 92-98., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099457 page(s): 93; note: new genus Placobdella [details]
taxonomy sourceSoós, A. (1969). [Glossiphoniidae] Identification key to the leech (Hirudinoidea) genera of the world, with a catalogue of the species. VI. Family Glossiphoniidae. <em>Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae.</em> 15(3-4): 397-454., available online athttps://archive.org/details/actazoologicaacademiaescientiarumhungaricae0015/page/n411 note: Soós (1969) without explanation lists the type species of Placobdella Blanchard as being Clepsine costata Müller, 1846, a species not included by Blanchard [details]
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