Family OZOBRANCHIDAE Pinto, 1921
Introduction
The Ozobranchidae is a cosmopolitan family of freshwater and marine leeches commonly found attached to amphibians, reptiles or fish. These sanguiviourous leeches feed by using a protrusible proboscis. Members of this family typically have digitiform branchae along the margins of the body.
General References
Burreson, E.M. 2020. Marine and estuarine leeches (Hirudinida : Ozobranchidae and Piscicolidae) of Australia and New Zealand with a key to the species. Invertebrate Systematics 34: 235-259
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |