Entobdella Blainville

Kearn, Graham C., Whittington, Ian D. & Evans-Gowing, Richard, 2007, A revision of Entobdella Blainville in Lamarck, 1818, with special emphasis on the nominal (type) species “ Entobdella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1818 ” (Monogenea: Capsalidae: Entobdellinae) from teleost flatfishes, with descriptions of three new species and a new genus, Zootaxa 1659, pp. 1-54 : 41

Entobdella Blainville in Lamarck, 1818

Type species: Entobdella hippoglossi ( Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1818 [see synonyms listed below under E. hippoglossi ].

Other species: E. brattstroemi Brinkmann, 1952a [syn. E. hippoglossi of Klassen et al. 1989]; E. soleae ( Van Beneden & Hesse, 1864) Johnston, 1929 [syn. Phyllonella soleae Van Beneden & Hesse, 1864 ; Epibdella producta Linstow, 1903 ]; E. squamula ( Heath, 1902) Johnston, 1929 [syn. Epidella (sic) squamula Heath, 1902 ; Entobdella hippoglossi of Klassen et al. 1989]; 3 new species described below.

Species inquirendae: E. aegyptiacus Amer, 1990 ; E. rosaceus Crane, 1972 [syn. E. hippoglossi of Klassen et al. 1989]; E. steingroeveri ( Cohn, 1916) Johnston, 1929 [syn. Epibdella steingroeveri Cohn, 1916 ; Entobdella hippoglossi of Klassen et al. 1989]; Entobdella sp. on ‘righteye flounder’ (identity of fish uncertain) at Sydney Inlet, British Columbia ( Hoskins et al. 1976).

Comments. The diagnosis of Entobdella was emended by Kearn & Whittington (2005). Detailed reasons for the changes in species composition of Entobdella were provided earlier. Impetus for this study came from the investigation by Kearn & Whittington (2005) in which former Entobdella species from elasmobranch rays were transferred to Neoentobdella . During this investigation it became apparent that the various synonymies proposed by Klassen et al. (1989) were in need of reassessment. The following redescriptions and descriptions attempt to clarify the species composition of Entobdella .