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Branchellion  Savigny, 1822
Taxonomic Serial No.: 69331

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumAnnelida  – annelids, annélides, Anelídeo, minhoca, sanguessuga  
                ClassClitellata   
                   SubclassLumbriculata   
                      OrderHirudinida   
                         SuborderRhynchobdellida Blanchard, 1894  
                            FamilyPiscicolidae Johnston, 1865  
                               SubfamilyPiscicolinae Caballero, 1956  
                                  GenusBranchellion Savigny, 1822  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesBranchellion borealis Leigh-Sharpe, 1933  
                                     SpeciesBranchellion lobata Moore, 1952  
                                     SpeciesBranchellion ravenelii (Girard, 1850)  
                                     SpeciesBranchellion torpedinis Savigny, 1822  
       

 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: Branchellion    
       
  Expert: William E. Moser   
  Notes: Department of Invertebrate Zoology (MRC 163), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163   
  Reference for: Branchellion    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Branchellion   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sawyer, Roy T.   
  Publication Date: 1986   
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  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   
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  Reference for: Branchellion   
       

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