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Malacobdella grossa (Müller, 1776)

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 020292)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 020292)

122641 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122641)

accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 220; note: listing, with a four word diagnosis [details] OpenAccess publication
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Malacobdella grossa (Müller, 1776). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122641 on 2026-08-25
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Malacobdella grossa (Müller, 1776). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=122641 on 2026-08-25
Date
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by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gibson, Raymond
2005-07-18 07:07:26Z
checked
Gibson, Raymond

original description (of ) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 220; note: listing, with a four word diagnosis [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Magarlamov, T. Yu.; Chernyshev, A. V. (2010). Ultrastructural study of the proboscis of Malacobdella grossa (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea). Journal of Natural History, 44(37-40): 2349-2361, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2010.504894 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source Norenburg, J. L. 2009. Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 553–558 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

redescription Riepen, O. (1933). Anatomie und Histologie von Malacobdella grossa (Mull.). Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 143: 323-424 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

ecology source Gibson, R. (1967). Occurrence of the entocommensal rhynchocoelan, Malacobdella grossa, in the Oval Piddock, Zirfaea crispata, on the Yorkshire coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 47: 301-317, available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstractjsessionid=E007A90563E7DC3463B7678B5F23AFDC.journals?fromPage=online&aid=4424612 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

ecology source Gibson, R. (1968). Studies on the Biology of the Entocommensal Rhynchocoelan Malacobdella grossa, Lamellibranch Host, Protozoan Parasites. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 48(3): 637-656, available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=4293564&fileId=S0025315400019202 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

biology source Hammarsten, O.D. (1918). Beitrag zur Embryonalentwicklung der Malacobdella grossa (Müll.). <em>PhD thesis, Stockholm.</em> [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Ecology in mantle cavity of bivalve molluscs [details]

remark species fragment easily when handled [details]
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English leech nemertean  [details]
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (129 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacobdella grossa) 
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 29 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (17 records) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 020292) 
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