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Philobdella floridana  (Verrill, 1874)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 69424

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumAnnelida  – annelids, annélides, Anelídeo, minhoca, sanguessuga  
                ClassClitellata   
                   SubclassLumbriculata   
                      OrderHirudinida   
                         SuborderArhynchobdellida Blanchard, 1894  
                            InfraorderHirudiniformes Caballero, 1952  
                               FamilyMacrobdellidae   
                                  SubfamilyMacrobdellinae Richardson, 1969  
                                     GenusPhilobdella Verrill, 1874  
                                        SpeciesPhilobdella floridana (Verrill, 1874)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Donald J. Klemm  
  Notes: National Exposure Research Laboratory, Ecological Exposure Research Division, Ecosystems Research Branch (MS-642), 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268-0001   
  Reference for: Philobdella floridana    
       
  Expert: William E. Moser  
  Notes: Department of Invertebrate Zoology (MRC 163), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163   
  Reference for: Philobdella floridana    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Philobdella floridana   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Klemm, Donald J.  
  Publication Date: 1972   
  Article/Chapter Title: Freshwater Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) of North America   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Water Pollution Control Research Series, Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems, Identification Manual, 8   
  Page(s): 1-53   
  Publisher: United States Environmental Protection Agency   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Philobdella floridana   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sawyer, Roy T.  
  Publication Date: 1986   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Leech Biology and Behaviour, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 419-793   
  Publisher: Clarendon Press   
  Publication Place: Oxford, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-19-857622-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Philobdella floridana   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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