Myzobdella Explained

Myzobdella is a genus of leeches in the family Piscicolidae. The genus name derives from two Greek words: μυζω (I suck), and βδελλα (leech).^[1]

It includes the following species:^[2]

• Myzobdella lugubris Leidy, 1851
  • (= M. patzcuarensis (Cabellero, 1940))
• Myzobdella platensis (Cordero, 1933)
• Myzobdella uruguayensis (Mañé-Garzón & Montero, 1977)
• ? Myzobdella reducta (Meyer, 1940)

Notes and References

1. Leidy . Joseph . Cassin . John . 1850 . August 26th; Helminthological Contributions; No. 3; Descriptions of New Species of Birds of the Family Laniadæ, Specimens of Which Are in the Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . 5 . 239–254 . 0097-3157.
2. Torres-Carrera . Gerardo . Velázquez-Urrieta . Yanet . Santacruz . Ana . 2024 . Not that many leech species after all: Myzobdella lugubris and Myzobdella patzcuarensis (Annelida: Hirudinida) are the same species . Systematic Parasitology . en . 101 . 3 . 10.1007/s11230-024-10160-5 . 0165-5752 . 11068668 . 38702587.