CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Annelida (phylum)  »  Clitellata (class)  »  Arhynchobdellida (order)  »  Salifidae (family)

CAAB Code:	22 324001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Barbronia weberi   (Blanchard, 1897)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 22 - Annelida Segmented worms Family: 22 324 Salifidae (leeches) - show full list Common Name: [a leech] Organism Type: a leech Synonyms: Vivabdella arcana Barbronia arcana Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Parent Codes: 22 324901     Barbronia spp. Previous Codes (if any): 22 322003, 22 322001

Taxon Notes:

This species was originally described from India, and is native to Asia. It has been widely accidentally introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the Americas, on aquatic plants in the aquarium trade.

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Record source:	Australian Biological Resources Study (Houston, K. + others, editors), 2000-, Australian Faunal Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication, http: www.environment.gov.au/abrs/abif-fauna/
Scientific Name verified against:	Oceguera-Figueroa, A., Phillips, A.J., Pacheco-Chaves, B., Reeves, W.K., Siddall, M.E., 2011. Phylogeny of macrophagous leeches (Hirudinea, Clitellata) based on molecular data and evaluation of the barcoding locus., Zoological Scripta, Vol. 40(2): 194-203. . doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00465.x doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00465.x