WoRMS taxon details

Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

181575  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181575)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Clitellata (Class)
  5. Hirudinea (Subclass)
  6. Euhirudinea (Infraclass)
  7. Arhynchobdellida (Order)
  8. Erpobdellidae (Family)
  9. Erpobdella (Genus)
  10. Erpobdella octoculata (Species)
accepted
Species
Erpobdella vulgaris (Müller, 1774) · unaccepted (superseded recombination of...)  
superseded recombination of subjective synonym
Herpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling of genus)
Hirudo octoculata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Hirudo vulgaris Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
fresh
recent only
(of Hirudo octoculata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 649; note: after Bergman, 1756, p.199, Sweden [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
WoRMS (2025). Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181575 on 2025-04-17
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2005-09-26 12:09:47Z
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Claus, Simon
2010-06-08 12:15:58Z
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Kolb, Jürgen
2019-10-10 21:42:24Z
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Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description (of Hirudo vulgaris Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): 40 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Hirudo octoculata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 649; note: after Bergman, 1756, p.199, Sweden [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Mann, K. H. (1952). A revision of the British leeches of the family Erpobdellidae, with a description of Dina lineata (O. F. Müller, 1774), a leech new to British fauna. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 122(2): 395-406., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1952.tb00317.x
page(s): 397; note: Description, remarks and key [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Schelde) Van Ryckegem, G.; Van Braeckel, A.; Elsen, R.; Speybroeck, J.; Vandevoorde, B.; Mertens, W.; Breine, J.; Van den Bergh, E. (2014). MONEOS – Geïntegreerd datarapport: INBO: toestand Zeeschelde 2013 Monitoringsoverzicht en 1ste lijnsrapportage Geomorfologie, diversiteit Habitats en diversiteit Soorten. <em>Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, INBO.R.2014.2646963. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO): Brussel.</em> 137 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Dall, P.C. 1979. Ecology and production of the leeches Erpobdella octoculata L. and Erpobdella testacea SAV. in Lake Esrom, Denmark. Arch.Hydrobiol./Suppl. 57:188–220. [details] 

additional source Elliott, J.M. 1973. The life cycle and production of the leech Erpobdella octoculata (L.) (Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae) in a lake district stream. J.Anim.Ecol. 42:437–450. [details] 

additional source Mann, K.H. 1953: The life history of Erpobdella octoculata (LINNAEUS, 1758). J.Anim.Ecol. 22: 199–207. [details] 

additional source Murphy, P.M. & Learner, M.A. 1982. The life history and production of the leech Erpobdella octoculata (Hirudinea Erpobdellidae) in the River Ely, South Wales. J.Anim.Ecol. 51:57–67. [details] 

additional source Edwards, F.K., Lauridsen R.B., Armand L., Vincent H.M, Jones, J.I. 2009. The relationship between length, mass and preservation time for three species of freshwater leeches (Hirudinea). Fundamental and Applied Limnology. 73(4):321-327. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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LanguageName 
Danish hundeigle  [details]
Dutch achtogige bloedzuiger  [details]
English leecheseight-eyed leech  [details]
German RollegelHundegelAchtäugiger Schlundegel  [details]
Swedish hundigel  [details]
To Barcode of Life (55 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Erpobdella octoculata) 
To GenBank (2696 nucleotides; 70 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To NHMUK collection (Erpobdella octoculata Linnaeus, 1758; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9169428) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
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To NHMUK collection (Erpobdella octoculata Linnaeus, 1758; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9169428)
To NHMUK collection (Erpobdella octoculata Linnaeus, 1758; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9169428)
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